Chinese researcher, produces an updated 0 to 700m OHC trend

[ScienceRocks]

This study, led by a Chinese researcher, produces an updated 0 to 700m OHC trend and compares it to CMIP5 model predictions. The new OHC estimate has a somewhat larger increase than previous estimates. Climate models do a good job of estimating the overall OHC increase but cannot replicate the year-to-year variability which is dominated by ENSO.



http://english.cas.c...17_148976.shtml




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The oceans are warming at a steady rate

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

This study, led by a Chinese researcher, produces an updated 0 to 700m OHC trend and compares it to CMIP5 model predictions. The new OHC estimate has a somewhat larger increase than previous estimates. Climate models do a good job of estimating the overall OHC increase but cannot replicate the year-to-year variability which is dominated by ENSO.



http://english.cas.c...17_148976.shtml




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The oceans are warming at a steady rate

Hundredths of a degree a year? LOL!

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Can you please describe the process by which 120ppm of CO2 successfully heats the oceans?

 

[Crick]

By the same process it heats everything else. They call it the Greenhouse Effect. You might have read about it. There's a good article in Wikipedia
Greenhouse effect - Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

Which begins:

The greenhouse effect is the process by which a planetary surface is warmed by radiation from its atmosphere to a temperature above what it would be in the absence of its atmosphere.[1][2] If a planet's atmosphere contains radiatively active gases (i.e., greenhouse gases) the atmosphere radiates energy in all directions. Part of this radiation is directed towards the surface, warming it.

On Earth, solar radiation at the frequencies of visible light largely passes through the atmosphere to warm the planetary surface. The surface itself emits energy at the lower frequencies of infrared thermal radiation. Infrared radiation is absorbed by greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. These gases also radiate energy, some of which is directed to the surface and lower atmosphere. The mechanism is named after the effect of solar radiation passing through glass and warming a greenhouse, but the way it retains heat is fundamentally different as a greenhouse works by reducing airflow, isolating the warm air inside the structure so that heat is not lost by convection.[2][3][4]

If an ideal thermally conductive blackbody were the same distance from the Sun as the Earth is, it would have a temperature of about 5.3 °C. However, since the Earth reflects about 30%[5][6] of the incoming sunlight, this idealized planet's effective temperature (the temperature of a blackbody that would emit the same amount of radiation) would be about −18 °C.[7][8] The surface temperature of this hypothetical planet is 33 °C below Earth's actual surface temperature of approximately 14 °C.[9] The mechanism that produces this difference between the actual surface temperature and the effective temperature is due to the atmosphere and is known as the greenhouse effect.[10]

Earth’s natural greenhouse effect is critical to supporting life. Human activities, primarily the burning of fossil fuels and clearing of forests, have intensified the natural greenhouse effect, causing global warming.[11]

And, Frank, in case this shot over your head, the oceans are part of the "Earth's surface". They're actually 70% of it.