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The temperature of the sea surface ... to the ocean surface. The SSS is an important variable indicating how fresh water input and output in the ocean affects ocean dynamics. Variations in SSS can be ...

An extraordinary jump in ocean temperatures in 2023 and 2024 was at the extreme end of expectations from global warming and ...

Sea levels surged in 2024, rising faster than expected due to warming oceans. Unlike previous years, where melting ice ...

Solar radiation absorbed by the Earth's surface fuels evaporation and convective heat flux in different proportions. Changing the ratio of these two processes affects the thermodynamics and ...

Widespread ocean pollution threatens the health of more than 3 billion people, international study led by Boston College researchers shows Ocean pollution is widespread and getting worse, and when ...

Factors important in radiant heat loss are the surface area and the temperature gradient. Conduction - through direct contact between objects, molecular transference of heat energy Water conducts heat ...

During this period, the average sea surface temperatures—excluding the largely sea-ice-covered polar regions—surpassed the previous record from 2015–2016 by nearly 0.25°C. This is particularly ...

Sea surface temperatures around Australia have warmed by over 1 °C since 1900. Trends in sea surface temperature in the Australian region (4–46°S and 94–174°E) (a) over 1950–2023 based on the NOAA ...

High-resolution 3D maps show crevasse volume is increasing across most of the Greenland Ice Sheet as it accelerates toward the ocean, which could affect future ice loss and sea level rise.