{"id":270594,"date":"2023-07-31T15:52:25","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T13:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=270594"},"modified":"2023-07-31T15:52:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T13:52:28","slug":"wrong-mainstream-media-floridas-sea-water-is-not-setting-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=270594","title":{"rendered":"Wrong, Mainstream Media, Florida\u2019s Sea Water Is Not Setting Records"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"487\" data-attachment-id=\"270611\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=270611\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-987.png?fit=2500%2C1685&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2500,1685\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-987\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-987.png?fit=723%2C487&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-987.png?resize=723%2C487&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-270611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-987.png?resize=1024%2C690&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-987.png?resize=300%2C202&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-987.png?resize=768%2C518&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-987.png?resize=1536%2C1035&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-987.png?resize=2048%2C1380&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-987.png?resize=1200%2C809&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-987.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-987.png?w=2169&amp;ssl=1 2169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/climaterealism.com\/\">ClimateRealism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/climaterealism.com\/author\/awatts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anthony Watts<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"491\" data-attachment-id=\"270595\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=270595\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-979.png?fit=1216%2C825&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1216,825\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-979\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-979.png?fit=723%2C491&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-979.png?resize=723%2C491&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-270595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-979.png?resize=1024%2C695&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-979.png?resize=300%2C204&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-979.png?resize=768%2C521&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-979.png?resize=1200%2C814&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-979.png?w=1216&amp;ssl=1 1216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, several media outlets reported on a single seawater temperature of 101.1\u00b0F recorded at a buoy in Florida, claiming it was due to climate change. The is false. One single seawater temperature over one day isn\u2019t an indicator of climate change, nor, as the data show, was it unprecedented as media claimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some headlines:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>The Associated Press:<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/record-hot-water-florida-coral-climate-change-6414d44c6f120507d3ee37c059fb75cd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">South Florida waters hit hot tub level and may have set world record for warmest seawater<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Guardian:<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2023\/jul\/25\/florida-ocean-temperatures-hot-tub-extreme-weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Florida ocean records \u2018unprecedented\u2019 temperatures similar to a hot tub<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fox News:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/florida-water-topped-100-degrees-twice-week-set-world-record-hot-tub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">&nbsp;Florida water topped 100-degrees twice this week, may have set world record: \u2018This is a hot tub\u2019<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Al Jazeera:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2023\/7\/26\/a-hot-tub-florida-sees-record-water-temperatures-raising-alarm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u2018A hot tub\u2019: Florida sees record water temperatures, raising alarm<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Guardian<\/em>\u00a0opined:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Records for ocean surface temperature are not kept, but a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/33096400\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2020 study<\/a>\u00a0suggested that the highest temperature observed was 99.7F (37.61C) in the Persian Gulf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The growing frequency and intensity of severe weather \u2013 both on land and in oceans \u2013 is a symptom of the global, human-driven climate crisis that is fueling extremes, experts warn\u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the\u00a0<em>Associated Press<\/em>\u00a0(AP) article, which spawned many of the other articles, there was this statement:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the buoy at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndbc.noaa.gov\/station_page.php?station=mnbf1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Manatee Bay<\/a>\u00a0hit 101.1 degrees Fahrenheit (38.4 degrees Celsius) Monday evening, according to National Weather Service meteorologist George Rizzuto. The night before, that buoy showed an online reading of 100.2 F (37.9 C).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An examination of the actual data from that buoy designated as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndbc.noaa.gov\/station_page.php?station=mnbf1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MNBF1<\/a>\u00a0shows that the peak in temperature of 101.1F (38.4C) was very brief and then the water rapidly cooled off, with such a temperature not being repeated since (see Figure 1 below):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"270598\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=270598\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-980.png?fit=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"624,468\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-980\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-980.png?fit=624%2C468&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-980.png?resize=723%2C543&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-270598\" style=\"width:758px;height:569px\" width=\"723\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-980.png?w=624&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-980.png?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-980.png?resize=400%2C300&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-980.png?resize=200%2C150&amp;ssl=1 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Figure 1 \u2013 plot of temperature data from the Manatee Bay (MNBF1) buoy. Image and data from National Data Buoy Center.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, what the media missed is that MNBF1 is\u00a0<em>not an ocean buoy at all<\/em>, in fact it is partially inland, designated as part of the Everglades National Park, and not in the waters of the Atlantic Ocean, as seen in this Google Earth image in Figure 2:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"270600\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=270600\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-981.png?fit=624%2C404&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"624,404\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-981\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-981.png?fit=624%2C404&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-981.png?resize=723%2C468&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-270600\" style=\"width:760px;height:492px\" width=\"723\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-981.png?w=624&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-981.png?resize=300%2C194&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Figure 2: Google Earth image showing placement of buoy MNBF1. Note that it is not actually in the Atlantic, but is behind the Key Largo barrier reef, and in a shallow bay called Manatee bay.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On this Google Earth closeup, seen in Figure 3, we can see this buoy is in exceptionally shallow water, near the shoreline \u2013 you can see the bottom of the bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"270602\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=270602\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-982.png?fit=624%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"624,407\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-982\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-982.png?fit=624%2C407&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-982.png?resize=723%2C472&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-270602\" style=\"width:760px;height:496px\" width=\"723\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-982.png?w=624&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-982.png?resize=300%2C196&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Figure 3, Google Earth closeup image showing placement of buoy MNBF1 at Bay Point of Manatee bay. Note how shallow the water is, enabling you to see the dark bottom.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the most important things that the media missed is the fact that due to the shallow water and placement near land, this buoy is sensitive to tides and wide temperature fluctuations due to the shallow nature of the water. With very shallow water, it is very easy for the sun to heat the sand\/mud beneath the buoy, which is dark (which will absorb more sunlight), which will then increase the temperature reading recorded in the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indeed, the high temperature reading correlates closely to low tide. Temperature peaked at 2200 HR GMT \u2013 which was after low tide at 1:35PM \u2013 water had a chance to warm because sunlight was hitting the bottom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"270604\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=270604\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-983.png?fit=476%2C337&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"476,337\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-983\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-983.png?fit=476%2C337&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-983.png?resize=723%2C512&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-270604\" style=\"width:761px;height:539px\" width=\"723\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-983.png?w=476&amp;ssl=1 476w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-983.png?resize=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"270605\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=270605\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-984.png?fit=624%2C146&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"624,146\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-984\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-984.png?fit=624%2C146&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-984.png?resize=723%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-270605\" style=\"width:759px;height:178px\" width=\"723\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-984.png?w=624&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-984.png?resize=300%2C70&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Figure 4A and 4B: Tide data for Manatee Bay and temperature data and time for buoy MNBF1.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The media completely missed the fact that this sort of temperature at that buoy has happened before and this was not the highest temperature ever seen there.\u00a0<strong>The record for the Manatee Bay site is 102 degrees. It was set on Aug. 15, 2017.<\/strong>\u00a0The data from that buoy only goes back to 2004. With such a short period of data, it cannot possibly be representative of any climate trend, which\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/climateataglance.com\/climate-at-a-glance-weather-vs-climate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">requires at least 30 years or more of data<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"438\" data-attachment-id=\"270607\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=270607\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-985.png?fit=1430%2C867&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1430,867\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-985\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-985.png?fit=723%2C438&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-985.png?resize=723%2C438&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-270607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-985.png?resize=1024%2C621&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-985.png?resize=300%2C182&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-985.png?resize=768%2C466&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-985.png?resize=1200%2C728&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-985.png?w=1430&amp;ssl=1 1430w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Figure 5: plot of temperature data from Manatee Bay buoy MNBF1 from 2004 with peak temperatures noted. Note also that in 2009, temperature hit 100\u00b0F there. Source: Michael Lowry SFNRC.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Had the media bothered to check, they would have discovered that the buoy is in shallow relatively stagnant water, somewhat inland, and not in the ocean, and therefore not representative of Atlantic Ocean temperatures. They would have also discovered that it was \u201cnot a record,\u201d with higher temperatures previously being recorded at that particular buoy. Furthermore, if they had bothered to check tide table, they would have learned that the high temperature correlated with a lower than normal tide, which allowed the subsurface structures heated by the sun to also contribute to heating the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indeed, the water is so shallow where this buoy is placed, it is entirely possible that the buoy itself rests on muddy tidal bottom during extremely low tides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But they didn\u2019t bother to check. Instead, following the climate crisis narrative they are pushing, they hyped tales of unprecedented ocean temperatures and warned of impending doom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, as this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndbc.noaa.gov\/station_page.php?station=mnbf1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">link to the live data<\/a>\u00a0shows, nature has brought the water temperatures back to expected values for this time of year. It is important to note that\u00a0<em>The Guardian<\/em>\u00a0reported, \u201cNormal water temperatures for the area this time of year should be between 73F and 88F (23C and 31C), according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u201ccrisis\u201d is over, water temperatures at MNBF1 are back to normal levels, but the incompetent media isn\u2019t reporting on that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"270609\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=270609\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-986.png?fit=96%2C96&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"96,96\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-986\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-986.png?fit=96%2C96&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-986.png?resize=229%2C229&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-270609\" style=\"width:229px;height:229px\" width=\"229\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-986.png?w=96&amp;ssl=1 96w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-986.png?resize=60%2C60&amp;ssl=1 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 229px) 100vw, 229px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/climaterealism.com\/author\/awatts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Anthony Watts<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anthony Watts is a senior fellow for environment and climate at The Heartland Institute. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Watts has been in the weather business both in front of, and behind the camera as an on-air television meteorologist since 1978, and currently does daily radio forecasts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has created weather graphics presentation systems for television, specialized weather instrumentation, as well as co-authored peer-reviewed papers on climate issues. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He operates the most viewed website in the world on climate, the award-winning website wattsupwiththat.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, several media outlets reported on a single seawater temperature of 101.1\u00b0F recorded at a buoy in Florida, claiming it was due to climate change. The is false. One single seawater temperature over one day isn\u2019t an indicator of climate change, nor, as the data show, was it unprecedented as media claimed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":270611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691819743,691821486,691821487],"class_list":{"0":"post-270594","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-climate-propaganda","9":"tag-floridas-sea-water","10":"tag-seawater-temperature","12":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-987.png?fit=2500%2C1685&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-18oq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":271015,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=271015","url_meta":{"origin":270594,"position":0},"title":"Boiling Ocean Update: Florida Sea Temperature \u2018Record\u2019 Drops 15\u00b0F in just 48 Hours","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"02\/08\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Last week, the\u00a0BBC reported\u00a0that seawater along the tip of Florida had exceeded \u201chot tub\u201d temperatures of 37.8\u00b0C (100\u00b0F) in recent days, \u201cmaking it potentially the hottest ever measured\u201d. The\u00a0Guardian\u00a0was in fine alarmist form noting that the Florida recording posed a threat to human food supplies and the livelihoods of those\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Boiling Oceans\"","block_context":{"text":"Boiling Oceans","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=boiling-oceans"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-49.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-49.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-49.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/image-49.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":270368,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=270368","url_meta":{"origin":270594,"position":1},"title":"How To Push a Climate Crisis Hoax: Florida\u2019s Record Ocean Temperature","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"30\/07\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"The formula is simple: Take an extreme temperature limited to a period of a few days from only one extremely tiny location, then encourage click-bait media to push the narrative that it represents the climate crisis caused by CO2 and threatening the whole earth.","rel":"","context":"In \"Climate Crisis Hoax\"","block_context":{"text":"Climate Crisis Hoax","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=climate-crisis-hoax"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0715324.png?fit=1200%2C750&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0715324.png?fit=1200%2C750&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0715324.png?fit=1200%2C750&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0715324.png?fit=1200%2C750&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/0715324.png?fit=1200%2C750&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":293593,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=293593","url_meta":{"origin":270594,"position":2},"title":"Data Falsifies ABC News\u2019 Claim that 2023 Displayed Dangerous Heat Trends","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"03\/01\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"A recent article at ABC News titled, \u201c2023 was the year of record heat temperatures,\u201d makes a slew of claims about global warming in 2023, including that extreme heat is becoming more common and more disastrous. 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