A shocking scientific discovery: Winds affect ocean temperatures!
am shocked to learn that winds affect ocean temperatures. I am also
surprised to learn from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) that ocean currents, temperatures around the
Earth, and carbon dioxide levels are all related to the Earth's rotation
and the sun and that the ocean currents are on a 1,000-year cycle.
CNN:
Boaty McBoatface makes significant climate change discovery on first missionNOAA writes:
The
British research submarine Boaty McBoatface has made an impressive
debut in the scientific arena, discovering a significant link between
Antarctic winds and rising sea temperatures on its maiden outing.
Ocean water is on the move, affecting your climate, your local ecosystem, and the seafood that you eat. Ocean currents,Other shocking scientific discoveries:
abiotic features of the environment, are continuous and directed
movements of ocean water. These currents are on the ocean's surface and
in its depths, flowing both locally and globally.
Winds,
water density, and tides all drive ocean currents. Coastal and sea
floor features influence their location, direction, and speed. Earth's
rotation results in the Coriolis Effect which also influences ocean currents.
Large-scale surface ocean currents are
driven by global wind systems that are fueled by energy from the sun.
These currents transfer heat from the tropics to the polar regions,
influencing local and global climate. The warm Gulf Stream originating
in the tropical Caribbean, for instance, carries about 150 times more
water than the Amazon River. The current moves along the U.S. East Coast
across the Atlantic Ocean towards Europe. The heat from the Gulf Stream
keeps much of Northern Europe significantly warmer than other places
equally as far north.
Differences
in water density, resulting from the variability of water temperature
(thermo) and salinity (haline), also cause ocean currents. This process
is known as thermohaline circulation. In cold regions, such as the North
Atlantic Ocean, ocean water loses heat to the atmosphere and becomes
cold and dense. When ocean water freezes, forming sea ice, salt is left
behind causing surrounding seawater to become saltier and denser.
Dense-cold-salty water sinks to the ocean bottom. Surface water flows in
to replace the sinking water, which in turn becomes cold and salty
enough to sink. This "starts" the global conveyer belt,
a connected system of deep and surface currents that circulate around
the globe on a 1000 year time span. This global set of ocean currents is
a critical part of Earth's climate system as well as the ocean nutrient
and carbon dioxide cycles.
- Record snow and rains cause floods.
- Record snow causes reservoirs to fill.
- Long droughts before the use of petroleum products and fossil fuels caused deserts to form.
- The Earth is warmer in the summer and colder in the winter.
- People in underdeveloped countries, where fossil fuels and petroleum products are not used as much, die younger.
The
climate has always changed naturally throughout millions of years of
history. Temperatures have risen and fallen. Ice has come and
gone. Sea levels rise and fall; droughts come and go. Floods
happen. Storm activity fluctuates. All this has occurred prior to
humans and fossil fuels and has no correlation with whether CO2 has been
higher or lower.
The
indoctrination, supported by almost all the media, is dangerous to our
freedom. People must be completely ignorant or naïve to believe that
politicians, bureaucrats, and scientists can control temperatures, sea
levels, and storm activity forever if we just hand over trillions of our
hard-earned dollars to them. The only thing that does is make the very
wealthy D.C. area richer than it already is.
Do
we believe that the government can control the temperature on the sun,
the rotation of the Earth, the ocean currents, and the winds in
Antarctica? Please explain how. The politicians who promise they can
control the climate couldn't even keep their promise that we could keep
our doctors and our health plans and that our premiums would go down if
we just let them pass Obamacare.
Isn't
it time journalists used their brains, common sense, and logic instead
of just repeating what they are told to push an agenda? Wouldn't the
public trust them more?
