Climate change in Kuwait Bay (Since 1985, water temperature has increased on average 0.6°C/decade.)

[OKIsItJustMe]

http://www.noc.soton.ac.uk/index.php?full=1

Climate change in Kuwait Bay

Since 1985, seawater temperature in Kuwait Bay, northern Arabian Gulf, has increased on average 0.6°C per decade. This is about three times faster than the global average rate reported by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Differences are due to regional and local effects. Increased temperatures are having profound effects on key habitats and on power generation the Arabian Gulf.

Researcher Dr Thamer Al-Rashidi of the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, said: “Because the waters of Kuwait Bay are well mixed by the tides, measurements of sea surface temperature can be used to assess temperature trends over time in the bay as a whole.”

He and his colleagues used data on sea surface temperature (1985-2007) remotely sensed by a number of polar orbiting satellites to assess warming in Kuwait Bay and the Gulf region.

The data were ‘ground truthed’ by direct measurements of sea surface temperature in the region, and are in accord with air temperature trends recorded at Kuwait airport, and verify trends found in satellite data.

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[villager]

1. who knew that in their conspiracy to fake climate change scientists would've covered so many angles?

I'm glad they remembered to start heating up various bodies of water, too, to make it all seem "convincing!"

[OKIsItJustMe]

2. It’s easier to fake the data than to actually warm up the water

It takes a lot of energy to heat water.

(Sorry, couldn’t resist.)

[Birthmark]

3. Honestly,

if climatologists are *that* good, we really should think about letting them run the world. :)

[joshcryer]

8. You just won the internet, sir.

Hat tip to you.

[imdjh]

4. The water temp in Santa Monica is a bone chilling 60ºF.

[OKIsItJustMe]

5. Imagine what they were like a few years ago

[imdjh]

6. My guess would be a lot warmer. Otherwise Frankie and Annette's nipples would be famous.

[OKIsItJustMe]

7. Now that’s what I call science!

In my experience, people nowadays have much less tolerance for cool water.

[joshcryer]

9. I decided to look for data, it was curious what I found.

http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/dsdt/cwtg/spac.html

:shrug: