lee wrote on Oct 23
rd, 2018 at 11:33am:
Robot wrote on Oct 23
rd, 2018 at 7:27am:
Ocean temparatures have already increased enough to cause massive starvation events on the Great Barrier Reef, which should qualify as "too hot".
Was that due to El Nino and water levels dropping or some other cause? At what temperature is the water "too hot"? "Too hot" has no meaning in science.
Even the "Climate Scientists" use graphs of Zetajoules, because the numbers are so large, for global ocean temperature. The data is actually recorded in ºC and converted. 100,000's of Zetajoules equals a few hundredths of a degree (depends on the size of the oceanic water basins. Don't forget to include areas like the Marianas Trench. And of course their is limited oceanic temperature recording in the Southern Hemisphere.
Ocean temperatures are forecast to increase to "far too hot", but we still have a chance to avoid "the whole thing's dead".
On which forecast are they based? Computer models?
Corals have been around for about 500K years. In that time it has been both warmer and cooler. Can you define a Goldilocks temperature? [/quote]
The Goldilocks range is between "too hot" and "too cold", also known as "just right".
Goldilocks can't live just anywhere on the planet; she can only live in particular climates. When climate change happens gradually, Goldilocks can move to a different home, following the climate that's "just right". If the climate changes suddenly then Goldilocks doesn't have time to move; the bears will maul her and eat her.