Category Archives: Oceans

Uncertainties in sea surface temperatures

Posted on January 4, 2017 | 295 comments

by Judith Curry

Two new papers have focused on the quality, uncertainties and  interpretation of global sea surface temperature data.

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Posted in Data and observations, Oceans

How Gaia and coral reefs regulate ocean pH

Posted on October 13, 2016 | 160 comments

by Jim Steele

Although some researchers have raised concerns about possible negative effects of rising CO2 on ocean surface pH, there are several lines of evidence demonstrating marine ecosystems are far more sensitive to fluxes of carbon dioxide from ocean depths and the biosphere’s response than from invasions of atmospheric CO2. There is also ample evidence that lower pH does not inhibit photosynthesis or lower ocean productivity (Mackey 2015). On the contrary, rising CO2 makes photosynthesis less costly.

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Posted in Oceans

Decadal Climate Variability

Posted on August 8, 2016 | 310 comments

by Judith Curry

The National Academies Press has published a new document:  Frontiers in Decadal Climate Variability: Proceedings of a Workshop.

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Posted in Oceans

Sea level rise, acceleration and the closure problem

Posted on July 20, 2016 | 206 comments

by Rud Istvan

There is no doubt that interglacials change sea level (SL). And that sea level rise (SLR) can be dramatic on millennial interglacial time scales.

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Posted in Climate change impacts, Oceans

Canopus, Herakleion, New Orleans & Continental Rifts

Posted on July 17, 2016 | 121 comments

by Anthony Lucas

An alternative perception of sea level rise and climate change.

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Posted in Oceans

Coral bleaching debate

Posted on May 24, 2016 | 432 comments

by Jim Steele

Is bleaching the legacy of a marvelous adaptation mechanism or a prelude to extirpation?

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Posted in Adaptation, Oceans

Science into agitprop: “Climate Change is Strangling Our Oceans”

Posted on May 2, 2016 | 314 comments

by Larry Kummer, from the Fabius Maximus website

The public policy debate about climate science shows the dysfunctional nature of the US media. Here’s another example of how propaganda has contaminated the news reporting of this vital subject, looking at stories about a new study of our oceans.

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Posted in Communication, Oceans