Take note: Ocean stratification may be a Bigger Deal than climate change.
Errr, I know you’re all really busy out there, but …
Earth 2050: Desert Planet
Take note: Ocean stratification may be a Bigger Deal than climate change.
Errr, I know you’re all really busy out there, but …
how long would it take for oceans to be thermally stratified from surface heating? (what depths of stratification is Lovelock talking about?) also, how long does it take for circulation to stop, or does it stop?
I recall Lovelock writes that a 5 degree increase in surface temperatures will be sufficient to instantiate ocean desertification. Should we take this to mean ‘incapacitate the mixing zone’? I don’t know.