worried about / trying to understand ocean temperature

[LongTermLurker]

It's anyone else feeling worried about the record breaking increase in sea temperatures? I mean, I'm worried anyway about climate change, and manage this anxiety by doing pretty much everything I can do to live sustainably, but the graph here is mind-blowing. BBC article says that surface water temperature in Florida is as hot as a hot-tub!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66387537

It's hard to see this as anything other than utterly catastrophic!

Oops this graph

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The marine scientists are worried . So I'm worried. I'm not a scientist so I don't understand the details so this post is a bump for you @LongTermLurker

Thanks! It's just so off the scale...I can only assume no one knows what the implications are.

You might find more advice if this thread was moved to weather

Thanks @justasking111

@mnhq would it be okay to move my thread to weather?

@OhYouBadBadKitten over to you 😊

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/weather/4825890-record-north-atlantic-sea-temperature

This thread might be helpful to read in the meantime @LongTermLurker

It’s a disaster for coral reefs 😞
They were just beginning to recover from the high temperatures in 2015/2016

There is a great podcast
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/across-the-sky/id1618770909?i=1000624409834
Which will help you understand a bit more.

There is a guest on the podcast called Zeke Hausfather I find him really helpful to listen to. He’s honest and clear without being terrifying.

I get wondering and wanting to learn about something, but I don't think worrying will help lower the temperature

@WandaWonder This is a good way to be.