* since the 80s
This graph shows how the average surface temperature of the world’s oceans has changed since 1880.
The shaded band shows the range of uncertainty in the data, based on the number of measurements collected and the precision of the methods used.
* Sea surface temperature increased during the 20th century and continues to rise. From 1901 through 2020, temperature rose at an average rate of 0.14°F per decade (see Figure 1).
* Sea surface temperature has been consistently higher during the past three decades than at any other time since reliable observations began in 1880 (see Figure 1).
Data from:
NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). 2021. Extended reconstructed sea surface temperature (ERSST.v5).
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/extended-reconstructed-ss...
(I realise I'm not going to convince this guy, and I realise it's a proxy measurement. I just found it interesting that the signal was there at all: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10641-022-01244-6)
(in fact i'm not willing to pay anything if this research was publicly funded)
And btw., you should never (NEVER!) give money to Springer. They are truly evil.
However, the focus should be on how the ocean will cope with this today. If the consequences are significant, is there anything we can do to avoid or mitigate them?
The same with the global warming (boiling?).
I'm not saying you're doing this (it's not clear), but I'm quite tired of these kind of responses to these kind of planetary stats which focus on 'when records began'.
Whatever you think of when this started or how it started or if humans caused it or not ... we still have to respond to it as best we can.