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How deep is the surface measurement though? It’s a record nonetheless, but a few meters deeper - where fish actually live is likely cooler.
by squidlib 20d ago
How deep is the surface measurement though? It’s a record nonetheless, but a few meters deeper - where fish actually live is likely cooler.
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- andsoitis 20d agoDeep ocean temperatures have also been rising over the decades: https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/2024GL111229 https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/202...
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- timr 20d agoYes, but it’s not uniform at all. The paper shows cooling in some parts of the north, and heating in the southern latitudes, along with significant variations by depth. There’s a lot of nuance in this stuff - far more than global average surface temperature (which is primarily good for scary headlines) and “fish don’t have AC”.
- andsoitis 20d agoDo you think the general statement “ocean temperatures are rising” is misleading?
- timr 20d agoNo, but it's so vague that it's meaningless.
- 2legit2quit 20d ago> Yes, but it’s not uniform at all. Translation: "I expect all areas to be affected the same, despite axial tilt, fluid dynamics, etc."
- timr 20d agoNo. Not everyone boils everything down to a sophomoric take.
- anakaine 20d agoThat's not the issue, though I recognise the poster above was remarking about fish. High surface temps means more cyclones / typhoons / hurricanes, more coral bleaching, lower fish breeding and feeding because reefs die, impacts out food chains and destroys our homes. Im Australian, so it also means droughts, water restrictions, and significant increases in bushfire number and severity after a few years of drought. Drought followed by cyclone, or bulk rain events causes catastrophic flooding. Its a shit show.