Billy_Bob
Diamond Member
the oceans control the climate. if I am to believe that a few tenths of a degree Celsius can be converted into multiple degrees in the atmosphere I need to know where the fulcrum point is. the balance point.
if the oceans cooled a few tenths would that convert into multiple degrees of atmospheric cooling? because there appears to be a lot of evidence that the oceans have less heat content than they have had in a long time.
The problem is heat transfer. The boundary layers are not inductive to heat conduction downward. Upward warming is quite different in that water vapor contains heat and by simple physics rises.
Major areas of ocean warming in the mid latitudes are near river outlets into the oceans. the water over land (which conducts much more heat) will warm the water on top of it as it flows.
One must use commonsense in this.