[Vermilion Villager]

This is starting to get a little concerning especially with the hurricane season getting ready to ramp up....

Florida just had the hottest recorded ocean temperature. Here’s what that means for the environment

[Golfer222]

Hot in Florida in July- who woulda thunk it ?

[Chi-Town]

Bad news for the coral reefs.

[justjim]

Originally Posted by Chi-Town

Bad news for the coral reefs.

You might say bad news for Florida and other coastal areas of the United States.

[Keefelane66]

You just don't understand we're in a 9 year cooling trend.

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by Vermilion Villager

This is starting to get a little concerning especially with the hurricane season getting ready to ramp up....

Florida just had the hottest recorded ocean temperature. Here’s what that means for the environment

Ever?

Ever is a long time.

Why not just "since the temperature of the oceans has been systematically recorded"? Which I couldn't find in the linked "study".

Rule of thumb: Whenever I see words like "always", "never", "everybody", etc. etc. as part of anything purporting to be science, I automatically discount it as emotional hype. I guess we can add "ever" to that list.

[margaretmattson]

Originally Posted by Vermilion Villager

This is starting to get a little concerning especially with the hurricane season getting ready to ramp up....

Florida just had the hottest recorded ocean temperature. Here’s what that means for the environment

Hopefully, no storms will form because of el nino and the Sahara dust. If any do form, TROUBLE! Hurricanes thrive in warm waters and are usually quite large. Not something I am wanting to experience.

[Vermilion Villager]

Originally Posted by Golfer222

Hot in Florida in July- who woulda thunk it ?

Not THIS hot!!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/weath...ssee-drought/#

[Vermilion Villager]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

Ever?

Ever is a long time.

Why not just "since the temperature of the oceans has been systematically recorded"? Which I couldn't find in the linked "study".

Rule of thumb: Whenever I see words like "always", "never", "everybody", etc. etc. as part of anything purporting to be science, I automatically discount it as emotional hype. I guess we can add "ever" to that list.

I guess you can dismiss as emotional hype all you want. Thermometers don't lie!

[justjim]

Originally Posted by Keefelane66

You just don't understand we're in a 9 year cooling trend.

Interesting Sarcasm.

[ThirdOfFive]

Originally Posted by Vermilion Villager

I guess you can dismiss as emotional hype all you want. Thermometers don't lie!

Indeed!

I wasn't questioning the accuracy of the thermometers. I was only questioning how long those thermometers have been employed.

[Golfer222]

Bet there will be snow and cold in Minnesota this winter as well

[Keefelane66]

Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive

Indeed!

I wasn't questioning the accuracy of the thermometers. I was only questioning how long those thermometers have been employed.

Moored buoys have been in use since 1951, while drifting buoys have been used since 1979.
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[OrangeBlossomBaby]

Manatee Bay isn't the open ocean. It's a mostly enclosed body of water. The surface temperature was measured, and that will always be warmer in the summer when the sun's out, than any of the water beneath the surface temperature. If this was a measurement of the water 3" below the surface say, halfway between Key Largo and the Bahamas, then it'd be newsworthy.

[merrymini]

There is always going to be changes. The problem is, a lot of this change is natural and there is nothing we can do about it.