Accelerated Warming of the Continental Shelf Off Northeast Coast (15 times faster!?)

[OKIsItJustMe]

http://www.whoi.edu/news-release/deep-warming

[font face=Serif][font size=5]Accelerated Warming of the Continental Shelf Off Northeast Coast[/font]

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[font size=3]A couple of unexplained large scale changes in the waters off the northeast coast of the U.S. have oceanographers perplexed: an accelerated rate of sea level rise compared to most other parts of the world; and the disturbing signs of collapsing fisheries in the region.

A new study by physical oceanographers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, shows that water temperatures in this continental shelf region have been trending upward, with unprecedented warming occurring over the last 13 years. The study also suggests a connection between sea level anomalies and water temperature along the continental shelf.

“The warming rate since 2002 is 15 times faster than from the previous 100 years,” says co-author Glen Gawarkiewicz, a WHOI senior scientist. “There's just been this incredible acceleration to the warming, and we don't know if its decadal variability, or if this trend will continue.”

The scientists compared their findings with a study of surface waters using data collected by Nantucket Light ship, and other light ships up and down the East Coast between 1880 and 2004, previously analyzed by Steve Lentz of WHOI and Kipp Shearman of Oregon State University. The new study shows that recent accelerated warming is not confined to the surface waters, but extends throughout the water column.

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[randys1]

1. So much bigger storms for New Jersey, New York, is that part of this?

It makes me so angry that I can barely hold my hands still enough to type, that AS WE SPEAK there are ELECTED officials who are denying the existence of this.

They need to personally suffer the consequences, and I need to be there to watch it, nothing else will do, I am afraid.




Of course I mean to suffer from climate change. A nice flood over their homes would suffice.

[OKIsItJustMe]

2. Although they don’t specifically mention storms/flooding…

…that would seem to be a reasonable conclusion (i.e. higher sea levels will lead to more, worse flooding.)