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Industrial-era global ocean heat uptake doubles in recent decades

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  • Peter J. Gleckler

    (Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

  • Paul J. Durack

    (Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

  • Ronald J. Stouffer

    (Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton University Forrestal Campus)

  • Gregory C. Johnson

    (NOAA/Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory)

  • Chris E. Forest

    (The Pennsylvania State University)

Abstract

Changes in ocean heat content over the industrial era are investigated from a range of observations. Using this data as input to climate models shows that nearly half of the increase occurred in recent decades, and more than a third occurs below 700 m.

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  • Peter J. Gleckler & Paul J. Durack & Ronald J. Stouffer & Gregory C. Johnson & Chris E. Forest, 2016. "Industrial-era global ocean heat uptake doubles in recent decades," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 6(4), pages 394-398, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:6:y:2016:i:4:d:10.1038_nclimate2915
    DOI: 10.1038/nclimate2915
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    1. Bruns, Stephan B. & Csereklyei, Zsuzsanna & Stern, David I., 2020. "A multicointegration model of global climate change," Journal of Econometrics, Elsevier, vol. 214(1), pages 175-197.
    2. Nicholas R. Golledge, 2020. "Long‐term projections of sea‐level rise from ice sheets," Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 11(2), March.
    3. Rau, Greg H. & Baird, Jim R., 2018. "Negative-CO2-emissions ocean thermal energy conversion," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 95(C), pages 265-272.
    4. Tianshi Du & Zhao Jing & Lixin Wu & Hong Wang & Zhaohui Chen & Xiaohui Ma & Bolan Gan & Haiyuan Yang, 2022. "Growth of ocean thermal energy conversion resources under greenhouse warming regulated by oceanic eddies," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-9, December.

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