NOAA: Atlantic Ocean off Northeast U.S. warmest in 150 years

Posted on April 28, 2013 by The Extinction Protocol
April 28, 2013 – NEW ENGLAND – Atlantic sea-surface temperatures off the U.S. Northeast coast during the second half of 2012 were the highest recorded in 150 years, according to a report released on April 25 by NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center. A deviation in average temperature by more than a degree is uncommon; this increase, from the average of 54.3 degrees F. over past 30 years to 57.2 degrees F. in the second half of last year is the highest jump measured. It is also an amount of warming not seen in any other ocean. Warming ocean temperatures off the Northeast have meant changing distributions of some fish populations; black sea bass and summer flounder are among the species shifting northeastward. One NOAA scientist said while it’s not yet clear what these findings will mean for the Northeast Shelf ecosystem and its marine life, that ecosystem is changing. –Sports Fishing Mag
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9 Responses to NOAA: Atlantic Ocean off Northeast U.S. warmest in 150 years

  1. Michael Alan Bridges says:
    April 28, 2013 at 1:24 am

    well let’s see, there was the drought and massive heat int he eastern US which would have warmed shollower rivers, increased the temps in the gulf stream due to runoff from the mississippi, and the water would carry more of the gulf oil particles up that way which would absorb yet more heat….not to much of a surprise…

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  2. deniseandros says:
    April 28, 2013 at 1:40 am

    Which means that 150 years ago the surface ocean temperatures were as warm as they are today. You can’t blame SUV’s or my carbon footprint for that. Oh my! Could it be that weather is actually cyclical? Or do suppose that if we pay higher prices for our energy that the ocean temperatures will drop? Wait a minute; wasn’t the election of Barack Obama supposed to stop the oceans from rising and heal the planet? Or are higher energy costs just a way to further bank rupt America, while enriching OPEC?

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  3. Christa Luongo says:
    April 28, 2013 at 1:44 am

    I love Black Sea Bass! Wicked fun to catch I hope they don’t start to die off!

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  4. Dennis E. says:
    April 28, 2013 at 2:08 am

    I read elsewhere that it could throw the food chain out of order. It seems to have to do with zooplankton and phytoplankton and i suggest that interested bloggers might want to invest a moments
    how important these creatures are to the well being of the seas.

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  5. ncmissouri says:
    April 28, 2013 at 1:15 pm

    Could the fact the conveyor belt of weather from the equator, up the coast of North America, and out to sea of the Atlantic has lost its energy? The water is just sitting there, more or less, instead of moving on?

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  6. Joseph t Repas says:
    April 29, 2013 at 1:58 am

    OK….Not trying to dispute their findings but I had no idea they did anything like measure ocean temperatures 150 years ago and if they did it was certainly not to the extent that they do now…just seems kind of “fishy” to me ….I have looked at the sea temperature anomaly chart recently and waters up this way were close to average…what gives?

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