Under tide male
thin stretch,
A slow heat –
your salt fingers
Pressing against
What once kept firm.
The ocean,
A relaxed story,
transporting iron ships
of ancient nuclei,
its weight drawn towards the sky
For invisible fires.
Edge after edge,
Stone sewers dissolve,
His sewn silence
in depths where
fragile lanterns gather
and fade away.
In the range of water,
The air remains –
A question stays
unanswered.
This poem is inspired by Recent researchwhich has found that the temperatures of the sea surface and the deepest temperatures of the water reached a new record in 2024.
The increase in ocean temperatures is a significant indicator of continuous heating of the planet, driven by the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. In 2024, global sea surface temperatures and the heat stored in the upper layers of the ocean reached unprecedented levels, based on a worried trend in recent years. The warming of the oceans has long -range implications, from the intensification of extreme climatic events to the interruption of marine ecosystems and the threatening communities that depend on them.
This study examines the temperatures of the 2024 record ocean, revealing that the heat content in the 2,000 higher meters of the oceans increased significantly compared to 2023. The key regions, including the Indian Ocean, the North Atlantic and the Southern Ocean, experienced Its highest heat. levels ever registered. The investigation found that world temperatures of the sea surface also remained at maximum records for much of the year, with an average of 0.61 ° C above the baseline of 1981–2010. These findings are vital since they underline the relentless trend of global heating, highlighting the urgency of addressing the fundamental causes of climate change to mitigate their generalized and interconnected impacts.
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