The abstract reads (my boldface): Estimated values of
recent oceanic heat uptake are of order of a few tenths of a W / m2, and...
Not exact matches
I just feel uneasy about accrediting a
recent enhanced
oceanic heat content to a purely physical process.
[Poitou & Bréon] Over the first 700 m there is surely no decrease of the
oceanic heat content, even if the
recent warming is less than the warming of past decades: on the figure below in green, the time span since 2003 carefully selected by sceptics to support their talks
Based on
recent research, Willoughby said, it is likely that «the strongest hurricanes will get stronger, because the
oceanic heat source is stronger, but because of increased shear of the surrounding winds, the numbers will go down, and the locus of activity in the Atlantic is more likely to move to the open Atlantic from the Gulf [of Mexico].»