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Are We to Blame? Human Fingerprints on Ocean Warming DetectedJun 12, 2012; 8:24 AM ET
Natural fluctuations alone do not explain warming in the upper layers of the planet's oceans, confirms a newcomputer modeling study.
The ingredient necessary to fully account for rising water temperatures in the last 50 years? Humans' greenhouse gas emissions.
Cross sections representingtemperature changes for 1955 to 2011 for the top 2,300 feet (700 meters) of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Each globe represents a 10-year average, with the most recent decade in the foreground. Redrepresents warming, white no change, and blue for cooling with respect to a 1957-1990 average. Data came from the National Oceanographic Data Centre (NODC) World Ocean Database (WOD). CREDIT: Graphic by TimoBremer/LLNL
While attributing global warming to humans is hardly a new conclusion, this study adds to research intended to tease apart the effects of natural climate cycles, which can occur overdecades, from changes caused by human alterations to the environment.
"The bottom line is that this study substantially strengthens the conclusion that most of the observed global ocean warmingover the past 50 years is attributable to human activities," climate scientist Peter Gleckler, of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, said in a statement.
Measurements show that, betweenthe surface and a depth of 2,300 feet (700 meters), the global oceans have warmed on average 0.045 degrees Fahrenheit (0.025 degrees Celsius) per decade over 50 years. This is much less thanatmospheric warming because water is much slower to absorb heat. The oceans can also store heat much more effectively.
In this study, researchers combined improved observational estimates of actualocean warming with model simulations that use mathematical equations to simulate a variety of scenarios.
The team led by Gleckler compared climate simulations that included the effects of human...
Natural fluctuations alone do not explain warming in the upper layers of the planet's oceans, confirms a newcomputer modeling study.
The ingredient necessary to fully account for rising water temperatures in the last 50 years? Humans' greenhouse gas emissions.
Cross sections representingtemperature changes for 1955 to 2011 for the top 2,300 feet (700 meters) of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Each globe represents a 10-year average, with the most recent decade in the foreground. Redrepresents warming, white no change, and blue for cooling with respect to a 1957-1990 average. Data came from the National Oceanographic Data Centre (NODC) World Ocean Database (WOD). CREDIT: Graphic by TimoBremer/LLNL
While attributing global warming to humans is hardly a new conclusion, this study adds to research intended to tease apart the effects of natural climate cycles, which can occur overdecades, from changes caused by human alterations to the environment.
"The bottom line is that this study substantially strengthens the conclusion that most of the observed global ocean warmingover the past 50 years is attributable to human activities," climate scientist Peter Gleckler, of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, said in a statement.
Measurements show that, betweenthe surface and a depth of 2,300 feet (700 meters), the global oceans have warmed on average 0.045 degrees Fahrenheit (0.025 degrees Celsius) per decade over 50 years. This is much less thanatmospheric warming because water is much slower to absorb heat. The oceans can also store heat much more effectively.
In this study, researchers combined improved observational estimates of actualocean warming with model simulations that use mathematical equations to simulate a variety of scenarios.
The team led by Gleckler compared climate simulations that included the effects of human...
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