{"id":270648,"date":"2023-07-31T21:03:57","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T19:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=270648"},"modified":"2023-07-31T21:03:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T19:03:59","slug":"ocean-warming-mystery-two-natural-factors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=270648","title":{"rendered":"Ocean Warming Mystery: Two Natural\u00a0Factors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Science Matters<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By\u00a0Ron Clutz<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Many have seen the media news splash of ocean warming.\u00a0 For example, from Washington Post\u00a0Scientists are baffled why the oceans are warming so fast.<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0 The image above comes from that article, excerpts below with my added bolds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A steady and remarkable rise in average global ocean temperatures this year is now outpacing anything seen in four decades of satellite observations, causing many scientists to suddenly blare alarm over the risks and realities of climate change. But even those typically aligned on climate science can\u2019t agree on what, exactly, triggered such rapid warming and how alarmed they should be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some<\/strong>\u00a0climate researchers\u00a0suspect<\/strong>\u00a0that a\u00a0drastic reduction in air pollution from ships<\/strong>\u00a0has allowed more sunlight to radiate into oceans, a conclusion others vigorously criticize. Meteorologists\u00a0also say a weakening of Atlantic winds<\/strong>\u00a0may be encouraging warming; normally these winds help cool waters and carry sun-blocking plumes of Saharan dust.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scientists nonetheless agree on this:\u00a0Conditions are ever ripening for extreme heat waves, droughts, floods and storms, all of which have proven links to ocean warming.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Pacific Ocean,\u00a0warming temperatures are to be expected during El Ni\u00f1o<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 its impacts on weather around the world stem from warmer-than-normal surface waters along the equatorial Pacific. But the extreme warmth extends beyond the Pacific.\u00a0Record warmth is also occurring in the equatorial and northern Atlantic \u2014 and in the tropics, where hurricanes form.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is totally bonkers and people who look at this stuff routinely can\u2019t believe their eyes,\u201d Brian McNoldy, a hurricane researcher at the University of Miami, wrote on Twitter.\u00a0\u201cSomething very weird is happening.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Antarctic sea ice concentration on June 27, 2023, with white representing solid ice and dark blue representing open ocean. The median ice edge for 1981\u20132010 is drawn in orange. (Credit: Map by NOAA Climate.gov, based on data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

And of course there is the added warning about Antarctic sea ice not freezing as rapidly as usual in SH winter.\u00a0 The media always refers to \u201cclimate change\u201d as the causal factor, which is code for rising CO2 and humans to blame.\u00a0 For a more reasonable discussion, see\u00a0Antarctic Sea Ice Varies, It\u2019s Complicated<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What About Natural Factors?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because the power, glory and money comes from CO2 hysteria and taking over the energy industry, the theories are all about the atmosphere.\u00a0 Realists know that Oceans Make Climate, and look for more direct means by which sea temperatures can warm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The HadSST4 AMO dataset was finally updated and showed dramatic 2023 warming in the North Atlantic. Let\u2019s consider two possibilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1.\u00a0 The Ocean Warming Could Be Bottom Up<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An article from CICOS explains the importance of hydrothermal action on the ocean floor.\u00a0 Excerpts in italics with my bolds and added images. \u00a0Scientists Discover Three New Hydrothermal Vent Fields on Mid-Atlantic Ridge<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

An international team of scientists led by CICOES researcher David Butterfield
work together to rapidly find and explore large hydrothermal vents
on the world\u2019s longest mountain range.<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sometimes Mid-Atlantic ridge is called the \u201c40,000-mile Volcano\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Scientists have discovered three new hydrothermal vent fields over a 434-mile-long stretch of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge during the first scientific expedition aboard Schmidt Ocean Institute\u2019s recently launched research vessel Falkor (too).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The multidisciplinary science team representing 11 institutions from the United States, Canada, and France used advanced ocean technologies to make the discovery. Scientists used autonomous and remotely operated underwater vehicles resulting in 65 square miles (170 square kilometers) of seafloor mapped at one-meter scale resolution, an area approximately the size of Manhattan Island.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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The discovery of the active hydrothermal vents is the first on this section of the world\u2019s longest underwater mountain range, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, in more than 40 years. One of the discovered vent fields was located at the Puy des Folles volcano and has five active sites over 6.95 square miles (18 square kilometers). High-temperature \u2018black smoker\u2019 vents were also found at the Grappe Deux vent system and Kane Fracture Zone.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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This discovery of new hydrothermal vents under the Atlantic ocean reminds of hundreds of thousands of sea mounts active on the ocean floor, with a high concentration in the North Atlantic\u00a0 For a more complete discussion of bottom up ocean warming, See Post:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Overview: Seafloor Eruptions and Ocean Warming<\/a><\/blockquote>