Locally, changes in coastal ocean temperatures may be much more extreme than global averages imply.
New research published in the June 18 edition of Public Library of Science (PLoS ONE) entitled “Decadal Changes in the World’s Coastal Latitudinal Temperature Gradients,” is highlighting some of the distinct regional implications associated with global climate-change. By looking at changes in coastal ocean temperatures over the past 30 years, Dr. Hannes Baumann in the Stony Brook University School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) and Dr. Owen Doherty of Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SoMAS alumnus) mapped the differences in how the world’s coastlines are experiencing climate change, and discuss the possible large scale ecological implications of this.
Their results showed a great regional diversity in warming and cooling patterns. For example, the South American Pacific coasts have been cooling over the last few decades. To some, these cooling trends may be counterintuitive, but they are consistent with global climate change predictions, such as increases in upwelling (i.e., a process that brings cold, deep ocean water to the coast).
In the North Pacific and North Atlantic, however, there has been warming trend. In some areas, the authors detected changes in temperature of +/-2.5 degrees Celsius, which is 3 times higher than the global average. Climate change is happening everywhere – just not necessarily at the same rate, or even in the same direction.” For example, if you live on Cape Cod, your conditions are warming three times faster than global averages imply, while in Santiago, Chile, coastal waters have been getting cooler.
“The world is getting flatter,” said Baumann. “Coastal waters at high (cold) latitudes warm much faster than at low (warm) latitudes, hence the majority of the world’s coastal temperature gradients are getting shallower. This could cause dramatic reorganization of organisms and ecosystems, from small plankton communities to larger fish populations.
The Latest Bing News on:
Rate of Temperature Change Along World’s Coastlines
- The world's oceans just broke on an important climate change recordon May 8, 2024 at 5:14 pm
Temperature records in the ocean have been broken every single day of the past year, according to new research ...
- World's record-breaking temperature streak extends through Aprilon May 8, 2024 at 5:11 am
The world just experienced its hottest April on record, extending an 11-month streak in which every month set a temperature record, the European Union's climate change monitoring service said on ...
- Climate change: World's oceans suffer from record-breaking year of heaton May 7, 2024 at 6:59 pm
Fuelled by climate change, the world's oceans have broken temperature records every single day over the past year, a BBC analysis finds. Nearly 50 days have smashed existing highs for the time of year ...
- Which worldwide cities are at risk of being UNDERWATER?on May 6, 2024 at 4:59 pm
However, if the planet's temperature increases ... In fact, even if climate change is curbed at 1.5°C (2.7°F), mapping tools suggest large areas of the New Jersey coastline will be underwater. A world ...
- Compare Current Mortgage Rates in May 2024on May 2, 2024 at 5:00 pm
He’s been a writer and editor in the financial field for more than two decades, including for such media organizations as The Kiplinger Washington Editors, U.S. News & World Report, Bankrate and ...
- Increasingly Frequent Ocean Heat Waves Trigger Mass Die-Offs of Sealife, and Grief in Marine Scientistson May 1, 2024 at 2:10 am
Heat waves recently extended across nearly 30 percent of the world’s oceans, an expanse equivalent to the surface area of North America, Asia, Europe and Africa.
- Scientists Pinpoint World's Deepest Underwater Sinkholeon April 30, 2024 at 7:27 am
The Taam Ja' Blue Hole off Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula has been discovered to be "the deepest-known blue hole globally," according to new research.
- Where seas are rising at alarming speedon April 29, 2024 at 3:00 am
Seas in the Southern United States have risen dramatically since 2010. The extra water has upended life — flooding homes, choking septic systems and deluging roads.
- Climate science is sound. Satellite timelapse doesn't disprove sea level rise | Fact checkon April 28, 2024 at 5:00 pm
There are several reasons why satellite images of one coastline are not an adequate way to detect this rise, researchers told USA TODAY. First, sea level rise may not obviously change the profile ... ...
- Mussel shells off Connecticut's coast are getting less dense. Here's why scientists are concernedon April 26, 2024 at 5:00 pm
Leanne Melbourne, a postdoctoral fellow at the museum, chose mussels to study because they are common along ... marine world.” Vriesman said that it was hard to tell how the evolutionary history of ...
The Latest Google Headlines on:
Rate of Temperature Change Along World’s Coastlines
[google_news title=”” keyword=”Rate of Temperature Change Along World’s Coastlines” num_posts=”10″ blurb_length=”0″ show_thumb=”left”]
The Latest Bing News on:
Coastal ocean temperatures
- Coastal flood advisory issued for Essex and Union counties for Friday and Saturdayon May 9, 2024 at 12:43 pm
A coastal flood advisory was issued by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 3:29 p.m. valid from Friday 9 p.m. until Saturday 1 a.m. for Essex and Union counties.
- NYC weather: Coastal flood advisory for Staten Island and Brooklyn for Friday and Saturdayon May 9, 2024 at 12:41 pm
On Thursday at 3:29 p.m. the National Weather Service issued a coastal flood advisory valid from Friday 9 p.m. until Saturday 1 a.m. for Staten Island and Brooklyn.
- City developing coastal resilience plans for San Diego beach communitieson May 9, 2024 at 12:15 pm
The City has received grant funding to develop a Coastal Resilience Master Plan that will identify nature-based solutions along the ...
- Transformation of ocean management is underway, study findson May 9, 2024 at 12:08 pm
Marine ecosystem-based management (EBM) is a growing practice of ocean stewardship and conservation that offers benefits to the production of healthy, local food and the preservation of clean water, ...
- NJ Weather: Ocean County braces for wet start to weekendon May 9, 2024 at 10:30 am
See where NJ ranks. Summer 2024 forecast: NJ will feel a hotter than usual summer but not so humid There is a coastal flood advisory in effect for several areas in New Jersey: Middlesex, Western ...
- Southern States Brace for Severe Weather After 3 Days of Deadly Stormson May 9, 2024 at 8:33 am
Heavy rain and winds are expected on Thursday from Central Texas toward the Georgia coast. More than 12 million people were under a tornado watch.
- NY weather: Coastal flood advisory affecting Westchester County Saturdayon May 9, 2024 at 8:29 am
A coastal flood advisory was issued by the National ... It takes just 12 inches of rushing water to carry away most cars, according to the weather service. Prioritize your safety by staying informed ...
- Coastal flood advisory for Essex and Union counties until early Fridayon May 9, 2024 at 8:29 am
A coastal flood advisory was issued by the National Weather Service on Thursday at 3:29 p.m. valid ... Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth. Take the necessary actions to ...
- Thursday weather in Philadelphia region kicks off with clouds before PM showers move inon May 9, 2024 at 5:23 am
Thursday starts off cloudy and in the 60s before rain rolls in tonight, cooling us down for a damp, chilly Friday.
- Scientists sound alarm over weather events 'rapidly increasing' globally: 'Tropical coastlines were the hardest hit'on May 9, 2024 at 3:45 am
Heat waves and coastal floods are increasingly striking at the same time. Scientists sound alarm over weather events 'rapidly increasing' globally: 'Tropical coastlines were the hardest hit' first ...
The Latest Google Headlines on:
Coastal ocean temperatures
[google_news title=”” keyword=”coastal ocean temperatures” num_posts=”10″ blurb_length=”0″ show_thumb=”left”]