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.... regardless of your weak cartoon characters, the waters in the Gulf of Mexico remains freakishly hot due to man made climate change.
The warmest Gulf of Mexico water temperature today is 91.4°F/ 33C (in Murray Key, FL, United States), and the coldest Gulf of Mexico sea surface temperature now is 80.6°F/ 27C (in Chuburna, Mexico).
The hot water releases energy into the air which causes hurrinaces and other unwanted weather events.Comment
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.... thermometers have worked correctly for 100s of years.
The water in the Gulf of Mexico is freakishly hot and getting hotter. This water acts as a tremendous store of energy that will feed any passing storm.
You can deny that high sea temperatures leads to extreme weather events all you want but you are in the minority.Comment
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EPA administrator defends administration’s move to revoke 2009 finding pollution endangers human health
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin on Sunday defended the Trump administration’s move to repeal the so-called endangerment finding that planet-warming pollution from fossil fuels endangers human health
“To reach the 2009 endangerment finding, they relied on the most pessimistic views of the science. The great news is that a lot of the pessimistic views of the science in 2009 that was being assumed ended up not panning out,” Zeldin said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “We can rely on 2025 facts as opposed to 2009 bad assumptions.”
The 2009 scientific finding that human-caused climate change endangers human health and safety, which has served as EPA’s basis for many of its significant regulations aiming to protect the environment and decrease climate pollution. If successful, the repeal could strip away the federal government’s most powerful way to control the country’s planet-warming pollution and fight climate change.
The text of the administration’s proposal to repeal the 2009 endangerment finding said that while greenhouse gas emissions have continued to rise in the atmosphere, that rise has been “driven primarily by increased emissions from foreign sources,” and has happened “without producing the degree of adverse impacts to public health and welfare in the United States that the EPA anticipated in the 2009 Endangerment Finding.”
The US is the world’s second largest emitter of greenhouse gases, and historically has emitted more planet-warming pollution than any other country. Many rigorous scientific findings since 2009 have showed both climate pollution and its warming effects are not just harming public health but killing people outright.
In the nearly 16 years since the EPA first issued the Supreme Court-ordered endangerment finding, the world has warmed an additional 0.45 degrees Celsius (or 0.81 degrees Fahrenheit) to 1.4 degrees Celsius, according to climate scientist Zeke Hausfather.
“Both the scientific certainty around climate change and evidence of the dangers it is causing have grown stronger since 2009,” Hausfather said in an email. “There is no evidence that has emerged or been published in the scientific literature in the past 16 years that would in any way challenge the scientific basis of the 2009 endangerment finding.”
.... overall this is blatant gas lighting of the American public trying to wash away fossil fuel pollution. It is another marker that any offical commentary coming out of the current US gov't cannot be trusted.
The American public might be forced to swallow this BS but the rest of the world does not.Comment
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If you were a Mako Shark you would be dead in an hour after trying to swim in the Gulf of Mexico.
The water temperature is so hot that there is very litlle oxygen content in it.
"Water temperature all along the Gulf of Mexico coast today warms above 68°F and it is enough for a comfortable bathing. The warmest Gulf of Mexico water temperature today is 90.9°F (in Murray Key, FL, United States), and the coldest Gulf of Mexico sea surface temperature now is 80.1°F (in Sisal, Mexico)."
That is why Florida and the Panhandle suffer repeatedly from foul smelling red tides of seaweed that basically kill everything. This never used to happen before with such frequency.Comment
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Warmer ocean temperatures significantly increase the likelihood and intensity of hurricanes. Warmer waters provide the necessary energy for hurricanes to form and strengthen. As ocean temperatures rise due to climate change, hurricanes are expected to become more frequent and more powerful.
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Hurricanes draw their energy from warm ocean waters. The warmer the water, the more energy the storm can absorb, leading to higher wind speeds and more intense rainfall. - Increased Evaporation:
Warmer ocean temperatures lead to increased evaporation, adding more moisture to the atmosphere. This moisture fuels the storm, resulting in heavier rainfall during a hurricane. - Potential for Rapid Intensification:
Warmer ocean waters can cause hurricanes to rapidly intensify, meaning they can quickly grow from a weak storm into a powerful hurricane in a short period. - More Intense Rainfall:
As the atmosphere warms due to climate change, it can hold more moisture, leading to more intense rainfall during hurricanes. - Potential for Increased Wind Speed:
Studies have shown that warmer ocean temperatures can boost the maximum wind speeds of hurricanes. - Category 4 and 5 Hurricanes:
Climate models predict a greater proportion of hurricanes reaching Category 4 and 5 status (very intense) as a result of warmer oceans, even if the overall number of storms may not increase.
In essence, warmer ocean waters act like fuel for hurricanes, making them more likely to develop, intensify, and produce extreme weather events.Comment
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