Mar Mediterâneo
90% of the planet’s heat is absorbed by the waters, which prevents the temperature from shooting for good. But the limit will be close to being overcome.
The phenomenon is not new but is accumulating: the temperatures nos oceans are rising, reaching records.
By 2022 the Mediterranean temperatures had already increased between 3 and 5 degrees above normal, compared to summer in previous years, and reached.
The following year, the average surface temperature of the oceans reached a 20.96 ° C – exceeded the previous record of 20.95ºC registered in March 2016.
Earlier this year, it was confirmed that increasing temperatures is significantly the way water moves on the planet, “causing damage” in the water cycle.
And it is not the water cycle that is affected: these records aggravate extreme weather phenomenahighlights the.
Still in recent days, the rapid intensification of Hurricane Erin (USA) has been associated with “unusual oceanic waters,” according to Climate analysis.
A year ago, the sea Mediterranean reached a record of 28,9°C. Already throughout this year, at warmer phases, ocean temperatures have reached higher than usual.
The “submarine fires” in the Mediterranean have been associated with most intense storms and more extreme precipitation.
Is that the sea surface temperatures are essential in formation of weather standards: Summer sea breezes, torrential precipitation in the fall.
Oceans protect the land from global warming. Impact the impacts on the climate. 90% of this heat is absorbed by the waters and this helps to prevent the planet’s temperature from shooting for good.
But this limit may be close to being exceeded; This warning has been given in recent years. And if this happens, the effects should be felt on a global scale.
If ocean water gets warmer, the evaporation increases; This excess vapor release more humidity in the atmosphere, functioning as a fuel to rains, Explain a. And the temporary will be increasingly intense.
Experts reinforce that ocean heating can Increase the amount and intensity of extreme climate phenomena.
These temperature records are signs of alarm that the natural mechanisms that balanced the weather are failing, making the planet more vulnerable.
Nuno Teixeira da Silva, Zap //
