“There’s no ambiguity about the data, said Gavin Schmidt, a climatologist and the director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. “So really, it’s a question of attribution.

Understanding what specific physical processes are behind these temperature records will help scientists improve their climate models and better predict temperatures in the future.

  • c0mpost
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    Remember this is water, which has a much greater thermal capacity than air.

    • rambos
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      Yeah, I didnt mean its not much, but was sure the increase was higher (source: thoughts while taking shower hehe). Thx for clarifying!

      • Fushuan [he/him]English
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        Water needs x4 energy of what air needs to increase the same amount of temperature iirc, so In air differences it’s almost 2°C at some points and almost 1 at others, it’s super worrying.