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Friday, July 28th, 2023

‘Could Be a World Record’: South Florida Ocean Temperature Hits 101.1°F

Author:     Jake Johnson
Source:     Common Dreams
Publication Date:     Jul 26, 2023
 Link: ‘Could Be a World Record’: South Florida Ocean Temperature Hits 101.1°F
Stephan:  

While the Republican cretins in Congress obsess over Hunter Biden’s nude pictures, and his laptop, and impeaching his father the earth’s ecosystems are breaking down threatening all life on earth. My wife and I keep our hot tub at 102°F, and I find it hard to imagine what it must be like to go into an ocean at that temperature. What science is telling us is that it is killing the coral reefs, and fatally affecting all the creatures who depend on and normally swim around reefs. The only way this is going to change is if the Republicans lose their elections at every level from community to federal so that the Democrats can create a functioning Congress. Are Americans smart enough to understand this? I doubt it, since Trump continues to have such a large lead amongst Republicans. So they better get prepared for a level of misery and death never before experienced, and I anticipate massive MAGAt whining as it happens.

Fish swim around a dying coral reef in Key West, Florida.
Credit: Joseph Prezioso / AFP / Getty

“I have no doubt a dip in Manatee Bay today would have been a hot tub-like experience,” said one meteorologist earlier this week.

A buoy positioned roughly 40 miles south of Miami recorded a sea surface temperature of 101.1°F earlier this week, stunning scientists who say the reading could mark the latest in a string of global records as fossil fuel-driven extreme weather around the world brings unprecedented heat.

Meteorologist Jeff Masters wrote that the temperature in Florida’s Manatee Bay reached hot tub levels on Monday and “could be a world record.”

“I have no doubt a dip in Manatee Bay today would have been a hot tub-like experience, with [sea surface temperatures] near 100°F, and that these waters were some of the hottest ever recorded on Earth,” Masters added. “A detailed investigation would be needed to determine if this was a world record SST, though.”

A 2020 study suggested that the highest sea surface temperature ever […]

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2 Comments

  1. Rev. Dean on Friday, July 28, 2023 at 3:36 pm

    I am not sure that this is relavent, but here in Pa. we have gotten rain all through the month of July, and that has never happened for the 30 years since I moved back here. I figure it has something to do with the ocean currents which are bahaveing in an unusual way. We have gotten rain almost every day this month. It is the first month of July that I have not had to water the garden and I had started gardening as soon as I moved back 30 years ago.

    • Rev. Dean on Friday, July 28, 2023 at 5:12 pm

      P.S.: In one way this is good for the plants I planted. In onother way it is bad, because I have more weeds than I ever had in my garden and, being disabled means that there is more work to do pulling, weeds than I can handle!