Saturday, October 03, 2026

Ocean Heat Content Clearly Accelerating

Here are the latest ocean heat content numbers from NOAA, through 1Q2026. Eyeballing, it looks clear that OHC is accelerating for both regions. 

0-700 m region: linear slope = 0.22 W/m2 = 0.035°C/decade

                           acceleration = 0.0089 (W/m2)/yr = 8.9 (mW/m2)/yr

where "mW" is milliwatts. 

0-2000 m region: linear slope = 0.68 W/m2 = 0.037°C/decade

                             acceleration = 0.0079 (W/m2)/yr = 7.9 (mW/m2)/yr

The R2 numbers are all high, > 0.90.

All this bother over milliwatts!   :-)

PS: corrections welcome, especially on the unit conversions.


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