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Earth has been trapping heat at an alarming new rate, study finds:
The amount of heat trapped by Earth's land, ocean, and atmosphere doubled over the course of just 14 years, a new study shows.
To figure out how much heat the earth was trapping, researchers looked at NASA satellite measurements that tracked how much of the Sun's energy was entering Earth's atmosphere and how much was being bounced back into space. They compared this with data from NOAA buoys that tracked ocean temperatures — which gives them an idea of how much heat is getting absorbed into the ocean.
The difference between the amount of heat absorbed by Earth, and the amount reflected back into space is called an energy imbalance. In this case, they found that from 2005 to 2019, the amount of heat absorbed by Earth was going up.
[...] The researchers think that the reason the Earth is holding on to more heat comes down to a few different factors. One is human-caused climate change. Among other problems, the more greenhouse gases we emit, the more heat they trap. It gets worse when you take into account that increasing heat also melts ice and snow. Ice and snow can help the planet reflect heat back into space — as they disappear, more heat can be absorbed by the land and oceans underneath.
There's another factor at play too — natural changes to a climate pattern called the Pacific Decadal Oscillation. Between 2014 and 2019, the pattern was in a 'warm phase' which caused fewer clouds to form. That also meant more heat could be absorbed by the oceans.
Journal Reference:
Norman G. Loeb, Gregory C. Johnson, Tyler J. Thorsen, et al. Satellite and Ocean Data Reveal Marked Increase in Earth's Heating Rate, Geophysical Research Letters (DOI: 10.1029/2021GL093047)
(Score: 4, Insightful) by DannyB on Thursday June 24 2021, @03:27PM (12 children)
I have to wonder if there is any explanation of why Earth is trapping so much more heat?
Could this correlate with any other data measurements of atmospheric gasses on Earth?
Is there anything that could be done about it?
Why didn't anyone foresee this?
If you think a fertilized egg is a child but an immigrant child is not, please don't pretend your concerns are religious
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 24 2021, @03:31PM (1 child)
I CO2can't think of any CO2orrelation that might explain that, just like nobody CO2an explain the tides.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday June 24 2021, @04:48PM
The obvious correlation makes it obviously obvious to any idiot that the tides are the origin of and reason why we see the moon.
If you think a fertilized egg is a child but an immigrant child is not, please don't pretend your concerns are religious
(Score: 3, Interesting) by JoeMerchant on Thursday June 24 2021, @04:53PM (2 children)
It's the pandemic. Reduction in jet travel also reduced con-trails which were reflecting significant heat.
Fund the airlines, keep Gaia clothed in white contrails again!
Україна досі не є частиною Росії Слава Україні🌻 https://news.stanford.edu/2023/02/17/will-russia-ukraine-war-end
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday June 24 2021, @05:47PM (1 child)
In the very first sentence of the post:
The pandemic does not go that far back.
If you think a fertilized egg is a child but an immigrant child is not, please don't pretend your concerns are religious
(Score: 3, Funny) by JoeMerchant on Thursday June 24 2021, @06:15PM
I feel like my tongue has perforated my cheek and is now sticking out, dripping blood.
Україна досі не є частиною Росії Слава Україні🌻 https://news.stanford.edu/2023/02/17/will-russia-ukraine-war-end
(Score: 2) by Tokolosh on Thursday June 24 2021, @05:51PM
One large volcanic eruption and the apocalypts will be talking out of the other side off their boots.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 24 2021, @06:57PM (5 children)
Research grants.
Occam's Razor: the only thing on the curst planet that really changed much over those years, is the set of fears the propaganda is blaring out. 14 years ago it was terrorism, wasn't it? Now it is nowhere to be heard, and new bogeythings replaced it in the rotation.
(Score: 5, Touché) by DeathMonkey on Thursday June 24 2021, @07:14PM (3 children)
The terrorists are all white now so Fox stopped covering it.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 24 2021, @07:36PM (2 children)
i don't believe that even you are that dumb. so you are just trolling.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 24 2021, @08:02PM (1 child)
Fox had nonstop coverage and demonization for BLM protests, yet for an actual insurrection attempting to subvery democracy they switch to defending the terrorists.
Sure pal, keep being a moron, and remember: NEVER go full Nazi!
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 25 2021, @05:17AM
Several hundred people, 0 people murdered, negligible damage, timeline of less than a day.
vs
Millions of people, dozens of murders, billions of dollars in damage, timeline in months.
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Which should receive more coverage? And thinking January 6th was an insurrection is about as realistic as thinking politicians are all brain sucking lizard people. The only reason you don't realize how absurd you sound is because you think that if "your" media and politicians (two entities so well known for their ethical and moral integrity) say something, then it must be true. You know, like Officer Sicknick being murdered by a fire extinguisher to the face.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday June 24 2021, @09:09PM
The 14 years is a MEASUREMENT. Not an Alternate Fact from Fox News.
The industrial activity of man which could change how much heat the Earth collects is little over a hundred years. That is the blink of an eye compared to geologic time when Earth did not trap this much heat nor have this much CO2.
Keep spinning. Put your fingers in your ears. Hear no evil, See no evil, Speak no evil.
If you think a fertilized egg is a child but an immigrant child is not, please don't pretend your concerns are religious