Hello John and Doves,

 

Scientists are reporting ocean surface heat at "record breaking levels".   Looks like the temperatures started climbing in mid-March and then skyrocketed.  Scientists baffled.  Ocean surface temperature is calculated using ships, buoys, satellites, floats...  Something is heating up the oceans.
Ocean temperatures are off the charts right now, and scientists are alarmed | CNN

 

Maybe it's due to the movement of magma under the sea floor, ocean volcanoes or
Scientists discover three new hydrothermal vent fields on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge

 

"The current trajectory looks like it's headed off the charts, smashing previous records", said Prof Matthew England, a climate scientist at the University of New South Wales.  Heat is now rising to the ocean surface..."pointing to a potential El Nino pattern in the tropical Pacific later this year that can increase the risk of extreme weather conditions and further challenge global heat records."

 

"Obviously we're in a fast-warming climate and we're going to see new records all the time.  A lot of our forecasts are predicting an El Nino.  "If this happens, we'll see new records not just in the ocean but on land.  This data is already suggesting we're seeing a record and there could be more coming later this year."
‘Headed off the charts’: world’s ocean surface temperature hits record high | Oceans | The Guardian

 

This global ocean temperature increase could bring about extreme storms, deadly heat waves and "ecological crises on land and sea."  El Nino can bring about severe droughts in Indonesia and South Africa and increased precipitation in the southern U.S. and a decrease in hurricanes in the Atlantic.  "Strong El Ninos can also trigger ecological disasters and deadly weather extremes:  drought and wildfires that cause rainforest loss, ocean warming that kills aquatic life and bleaches coral, rapid loss of polar ice and a surge in transmission of diseases such as the plague....Climate forecasters estimate a 62% change El Nino develops some time between May and July and a 90% chance it arrives by the end of the year."
Ocean temperatures are surging to new highs. What it means for the planet. - The Washington Post

 

Looks like bumpy road is going to get bumpier - weather-wise!

 

Excessive heat in Texas to continue into next week, millions on alert for severe storms

Half of Americans have faced ‘extreme’ weather in the last six weeks | US weather | The Guardian

 

All of Pennsylvania is under a drought watch. Here’s how you can save water at home

Central US drought intensifies, threatening grains and soy | Reuters

Texas and a few other southern states are facing a brutal heat wave : NPR

Looks like we're off to a brutal summer in many areas of the U.S.

 

Maranatha!

 

Chance