It was mentioned in the TV news recently that scientists are confidently predicting that the 1.5 degree C increase in the world's temperature will be exceeded in the next five years, due to an El Nino event happening in the Pacific ocean. The point that is not mentioned is that CO2 levels in the atmosphere cannot explain the coming of an ocean event because the radiation wavelength emitted from the CO2 molecule is unable to penetrate into water beyond a depth of 1mm. Understanding the El Nino event is very well explained in the following article, which includes a video of a lecture as well. I recommend you to study it.
El Nino: Nature’s Ginormous Climate Change Battery - CO2 Coalition
93% of global warming goes into the ocean. This is ocean warming from additional co2 in the atmosphere.
ReplyDeletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_climate_change_on_oceans#/media/File:WhereIsTheHeatOfGlobalWarming.svg
As I have said above, the long wave IR radiation emitted by the CO2 molecule cannot go directly into the ocean, so you would expect to see large increases in the temperature of the atmosphere year on year if that much heat was being trapped by the CO2. So can you explain how this large amount of heat is so quickly entering into the ocean?
ReplyDeleteShould you like to sink your teeth into deeper science, it is available on this site below. Clearly more co2 in the atmosphere warms the oceans at a faster rate. The evidence shows us that that is the case.
ReplyDeletehttps://skepticalscience.com/How-Increasing-Carbon-Dioxide-Heats-The-Ocean.html
Ocean warming not just skin deep
Because of their effect on lowering the temperature gradient of the cool skin layer, increased levels of greenhouse gases lead to more heat being stored in the oceans over the long-term. This ocean warming mechanism has been observed experimentally, and is also supported by numerical modeling.
So although greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, don't directly warm the oceans by channeling heat down into the oceans, they still do indeed heat the oceans, and are likely to do so for a very long time.