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What are you using for the mass of the ocean? And the heat capacity of water?The chart at the end suggested that the oceans have picked up 300+ zettajoules. What I'm getting is that this is 7x10^22 calories and that would mean that the temp rises 53C. That can't be. What do you calculate?
Keep in mind they are starting from 1960 and excluding the heat that existed before that. The following shows a more complete picture of heat in the ocean and temperature swings.
As for temperature... the mean ocean temperature difference between interglacial periods and glacial periods is ~ 6C. Corresponding air temperature differences are 8 to 12C.