A group of scientists have discovered evidence that leads them to believe increasing amounts of greenhouse gases may be responsible for increasing ocean temperatures.
The study conducted a computer simulation to compare rising ocean temperature readings over the last 40 years with models that simulated the release of man-made greenhouse gases. The computer trials produced correlating hypotheses.
A quote from one of the members of the study appeared in SignOnSanDiego.com
“We were stunned by the degree of similarity between the observations and the models,” said Tim Barnett, a marine physicist who wrote the study with fellow Scripps scientist David Pierce “It’s really undeniable that global warming is going on, whether you see it in the ocean or in the ecosystems,” he said. “There’s really a gazillion places to look for it.”
The Times Online contained a further look at the study
Dr Barnett’s team examined more than seven million observations of temperature, salinity and other variables in the world’s oceans, collected by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and compared the patterns with those that are predicted by computer models of various potential causes of climate change.
It found that natural variation in the Earth’s climate, or changes in solar activity or volcanic eruptions, which have been suggested as alternative explanations for rising temperatures, could not explain the data collected in the real world. Models based on man-made emissions of greenhouse gases, however, matched the observations almost precisely.
Barnett feels that all culprits for the rising ocean temperatures have been eliminated, except one.
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