Rapidly Cooling The Pacific

All of the warm water at the surface of the Pacific, and the major hurricanes that have been occurring there – are radiating huge amounts of heat out into space. The Pacific is likely losing record amounts of heat this summer. Note the cold spots starting to appear around Hawaii where typhoons have passed.

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24 Responses to Rapidly Cooling The Pacific

  1. Psalmon says:

    You really have to question whether the SST is that warm IMO. Dr. Ryan Maue showed some good stats on the trends around the 10th anniversary of Katrina:

    Total Global Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) Sep 1985 – Aug 1995: 8102 Sep 1995 – Aug 2005: 8310 Sep 2005 – Aug 2015: 6676

    120-months before Katrina 491 global hurricanes, 253 were major 120-months since Katrina 430 global hurricanes, 234 were major

    Since hurricanes are the planet’s natural air conditioning warmer should mean more storms. Where are they? 10 years a good interval. Maybe not so warm like everything else they do.

  2. Andy DC says:

    What has happened to the Gulf Stream?

  3. Rosco says:

    Doesn’t anyone find it interesting that El-Nino ocean warming begins off the south American coastline right where 5 continental plates are jostling each other as part of the area known as the Ring of Fire and then spreads over the Pacific ??

    Undersea volcanic activity in an area known as the Ring of Fire couldn’t possibly account for El-Nino ocean warming ? It must be the atmosphere with its 2 – 3 percent concentration of greenhouse gases at 1/1000th the density of water.

  4. Rosco says:

    Of course my perspective was from Australia and the south Pacific.

    The north Pacific shows similar heating along the Ring of Fire.

    Volcanic activity seems to be more intense lately – no major eruptions but a lot of moderate activity from various parts of the globe. Seems to be several years of elevated volcanic activity.

  5. Rosco says:

    I don’t pretend to know what causes El-Nino but lava at up to 1200 degrees C can cause ocean heating. The number and location of undersea volcanoes is unknown as is the activity associated with these but the Ring of Fire is apparently the most active volcanic area we know of.

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