Is Global Heating Hiding Out In The Oceans?

Is Global Heating Hiding Out In The Oceans?

Issue: Global

Summary: Researchers have discovered ground-breaking evidence that regions in the Pacific Ocean are currently warming at a rate of 15x the normal warming rate over a period of 10,000 years. By using buoys to measure ocean temperature, and by using fossil analysis to understand what kind of climates organisms lived in climates over the last 10,000 years, we now understand how quickly our climate is now changing. This can greatly impact the organisms across the globe, forcing them to adapt to new environments, possibly quicker than they're ready to do. From 7,000 years ago until about 1600, there was a cooling period where the oceanic temperatures gradually dropped a total of 2 degrees Fahrenheit over that time. But now, in the past two hundred years (approximately) temperatures have risen a total .32 degrees Fahrenheit; a staggering increase compared to the normal rate of heating and cooling.

Opinion: I think the overall issue is all related to human-impacted-climate-change. A 15x rate of heating in comparison to the normal global scale is scary, and is obviously caused by humans and the techno/industrial revolutions. By progressing towards fixing our climatic impacts we can fix climate change issues worldwide.

Definition:

Hyalinea Balthica- A single-celled aquatic organism, in which fossils of it were found in the region where the Pacific Ocean flows into the Indian Ocean.