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soflasurfr t1_jcuy3w1 wrote
It’s just The Deep and his octopi having an orgy
olgama t1_jcuyebq wrote
Soon to be an EARTHQUAKE!!!
bearcat42 t1_jcv2rwx wrote
Sounds like this has more to do with impacts these temps have on biological life in those regions, and how that impacts those animals interactions with humans? I was curious if it meant earthquakes or volcanoes or something, but likely not? This is not my area of expertise, from the article:
> Warm ocean temperature extremes—known as marine heatwaves (MHW)—can dramatically impact the overall health of marine ecosystems around the globe, including changing the regional distribution of marine species, altering primary productivity, and increasing the risk of negative human-wildlife interactions1,2,3,4,5,6. As a result, there has been a considerable effort to characterize the timing, intensity, duration, and physical drivers of both individual and composite MHW events2,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16.
Edit: I’m going to leave it but, boy, those superscripted linked sources really failed to copy over usefully.
ReplyisFutile t1_jcvdqsp wrote
I am telling you all along, its the aliens ! And nobody is listening, they are mining our earth core because they hid something in there billions of years ago. We should stop them now or it will be too late when they get to it. What do you think are doing those heatwaves under ocean ? Its alien deep sea laser mining drills !
outerworldLV t1_jcvdvpq wrote
I remember hearing / reading about these warmer temperatures off the Oregon coast a while back. They alluded to it being a problem then.
TheGreat_War_Machine t1_jcvqzgp wrote
Yeah, I didn't think it had to do with geological activity, because it looks like they're also observing this phenomenon on the East Coast and the Gulf of Mexico, which I don't think are known for having seismic activity.
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liamplaysthedrums t1_jcw1k2d wrote
These heat waves have been freaking me out
soup3972 t1_jcw7sup wrote
Can't make you happier now
mkomaha t1_jcwb31z wrote
Are the rifts opening? Kaiju happening?
routerg0d t1_jcwbv8s wrote
Worrying if it triggers calthates to release methane.
determania t1_jcwnha2 wrote
This is climate change driven. It’s just that most research has focused on surface temperatures which are easier/cheaper to track.
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Earthling1a t1_jcwz0jg wrote
This is where the excess heat has been going for decades. Back in the 90's we hadn't really done any deep water temp assessments and we certainly didn't have historical data for comparison. I was auditing a discussion group with a bunch of Ph.D. candidates, looking at satellite data and watching them being all baffled about where the extra energy (insolation was known, radiative loss was known, delta indicated accumulation) was going. I (non-degree candidate and therefore scum) asked if they had looked in the ocean. They said it wasn't there. I think I invented the facepalm at that point. Water has a very high specific heat, and there's a f*kload of water in the ocean. We only started measuring deep water temps around 2004, and not extensively until within the last 5 years or so. All that energy that was stored (and is still being added to) back over the last half-century or so has been cheerfully flowing along in the AMOC at depth, and is now showing up where we can notice its effects. Just watch those glaciers, baby. We're coming up on the time frame for the industrially-warmed waters from 100 years ago to start working on the edges of Antarctica. Party time.
Alternative-Flan2869 t1_jcx4805 wrote
This all does not look good. Fossil fuel use, cattle, crypto mining, etc. … gotta cut back fast.
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totse_losername t1_jcxytdt wrote
It makes sense. Heat likes to go somewhere.
Melting ice and cool water, for example. When ice 'cools something down', it's not the cold transferring to its surrounds but the heat of the surrounds transferring to the ice cube. That is why it melts.
Valaurus t1_jcyvdji wrote
Wasn’t this the big thing with crab off the coast of Alaska too? They all just disappeared, reasoning I saw was warming of the waters so they’d retreated to colder water.
outerworldLV t1_jcyxzyl wrote
Initially yes, I believe you’re right. Although this recent event, with the crabs, was apparently that they walked over a cliff into the abyss ??!
Ishpeming_Native t1_jd0k41b wrote
Scare yourself. Read about methane clathrates. Then read about the Great Permian Catastrophe.
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