Climate change | Although the La Nina phenomenon has begun to develop, ocean temperatures remain high, heralding a strong hurricane season

Weather of Arabia - A study conducted by several specialized organizations showed that the world’s oceans broke records in temperature increases over the past year, due to climate change resulting from an increase in the proportion of gases that cause the Earth’s temperature to rise, and this coincided with the growth of the El Niño climate phenomenon, which also helped in the rise Sea temperature last season.

Studies have shown that the oceans absorb about a quarter of the carbon dioxide produced by humans, and they also absorb 90% of excess heat, which causes concern about raising their temperature significantly, which may also negatively affect the nature of marine life and not just the external environment.

Specialists at the Arab Weather Center said that since March 2023, the surface temperature of the global oceans has begun to rise increasingly above the long-term normal rate, reaching a new record level in August, as the rise in the temperature of water bodies exceeded the previous level by about 0.34 degrees. percentage.

Professor Mike Meredith of the British Antarctic Survey says: "It's actually all this excess heat going into the oceans, warming them faster than we thought, which could cause serious concern in the future."

Recent study: Rising ocean temperatures affect global marine life and may lead to changing the seasonal cycle of sea temperatures.

Studies indicate that the unusually high sea temperature was the cause of the death of one of the most beloved sea creatures on the coldest continent, the emperor penguin. Professor Meredith says: “There have been examples of sea ice collapsing before the emperor penguin chicks matured properly.” This also led to the drowning and death of large numbers of them.”

In the UK, rising sea temperatures have led to some species of marine crustaceans disappearing completely from coastal sites. “The problem with climate change is that it is happening too quickly for evolution to keep up,” says Dr. Mieszkowska, a marine biologist from the University of Liverpool.

Last year's El Nino phenomenon contributed to a rise in global temperatures

Weather forecasters at the Arab Weather Center said that, in addition to human emissions of greenhouse gases, one of the important factors that made last year hotter in the seas around the world was the El Nino climate phenomenon, as the El Nino phenomenon leads to a rise in temperature. The surface waters of the Pacific Ocean raise the average global temperature.

Ocean temperatures remain high, heralding a strong hurricane season

The El Niño phenomenon began in June 2023 and peaked in December, and although it has begun to fade since then, other ocean waters that are not usually affected by the El Niño phenomenon also experienced record marine heat waves, which caused confusion among some scientists, as the Atlantic Ocean was much warmer. It is a normal weather pattern that cannot usually be linked to the El Niño phenomenon, as temperatures are still high in several regions of the oceans, which may lead to a major inflaming of the hurricane season, especially after the world recently witnessed the development of Hurricane Jaime and Hurricane Beryl before it, which broke records. Qaysaya in terms of strength and damage caused by them.

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