While temperatures on offshore reef environments have been > 17 - 18 deg C (likely due to
oceanic influence from the Florida Current), shallow - water and nearshore environments have fallen well below 14 deg C (e.g., 10 - 11 deg C near Long Key).
Not exact matches
The study is part of the NoMelt project, which was designed to explore the lithosphere - asthenosphere boundary at the center of an
oceanic plate, far
from the
influence of melting at the ridge.
The importance of the site
from an ecological standpoint is due to the richness of forest and peatland ecosystems and a high level of endemic species which had developed under both
oceanic and Mediterranean climatic
influences.
They should have realised that top down high solar activity combined with bottom up positive
oceanic influences would in combination be enough to produce the late 20th century warming without having to invoke a significant effect
from more CO2.
By calculating the running total departing
from this figure in a simple integration I found that combined with the ~ 60
oceanic cycles (also solar
influenced), I could reproduce the temperature history of the last 150 years quite accurately.
Just hope that not one of us will fall behind in this race to prevent weather, sea - levels (and the ever - increasing worries about
oceanic influence) and a (ir) pocalypse
from destroying our health, our homes and our children's future.
The study is part of the NoMelt project, which was designed to explore the lithosphere - asthenosphere boundary at the center of an
oceanic plate, far
from the
influence of melting at the ridge.
Regardless of whether or not the rapid recent
oceanic warming has occurred largely
from anthropogenic or natural
influences, our study highlights its importance in accounting for the recent observed continental warming.
As you may recall I say that the ocean phases also have an effect so if you have a weak ocean phase when there are a lot of sunspots the lack of poleward pressure
from the weak
oceanic influence fails to take full advantage and allows the AO to remain stronger than it otherwise would be on the basis of solar activity levels alone.
The presence of the longer - term effects on Australian rainfall
from oceanic shifts, such as the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO) and Interdecadal Pacific Oscillation (IPO), make the analysis of this situation, and the teasing out of the AGW
influence, a complex matter.