Ocean around Japan warming up fast

Reuters ^ | May 15, 2007

[Zakeet]

The ocean around Japan has warmed up faster than elsewhere in the world over the last hundred years partly because of global warming, Japan's Meteorological Agency said on Tuesday.

The sea surface temperature around central, western and southern Japan has climbed by 0.7 to 1.6 degrees Celsius in the last century, far higher than the world average of a 0.5 degree Celsius increase, a survey conducted by the agency showed.

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The agency said global warming was partly to blame for the fast rise in the ocean temperature around Japan.

"But the areas surveyed were so small that we cannot say the rise in the water's temperature has been caused entirely by global warming," it said. It did not specify why the ocean around Japan would be more affected than other parts of the world.

[Zakeet]

Global warming definitely caused this - even though they can't say for sure that global warming caused this - and even though they can explain why the ocean warmed the ocean here more than anywhere else.

It was also Bush's fault and proves that we need to sign the Kyoto Accord.

[lexington minuteman 1775]

WE ARE DOOMED!;-)

[saganite]

“But the areas surveyed were so small that we cannot say the rise in the water’s temperature has been caused entirely by global warming,” it said. It did not specify why the ocean around Japan would be more affected than other parts of the world.

Fat Man and Little Boy?

[Blogger]

Would all of the seismic activity around Japan have anything to do with it? Underground volcano or something?

[ClearCase_guy]

Godzilla will awaken!

[Godzilla]

Don't blame me.

[NaughtiusMaximus]

Godzilla come up out of water!

[rhombus]

Would all of the seismic activity around Japan have anything to do with it? Underground volcano or something?

I think that may be highly likely. Solar activity as well as geo-thermal activity I think are responsible for the bulk of climate change.

[DuncanWaring]

So sushi won’t be made of raw fish any more?

[NonValueAdded]

Holy ring-of-fire, Batman, could there possibly be another explanation?

[Puppage]

Rut row

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

And no quantification of the amount of CO2 this warming has released from the ocean (so as not to ruin ideology of “carbon-effect warming”).

[ElectricStrawberry]

No no no....it’s “Godzirra” ;o}

[concerned about politics]

The ocean around Japan has warmed up faster than elsewhere in the world over the last hundred years partly because of global warming, Japan's Meteorological Agency said on Tuesday.

Sitting on top of a huge volcano at the edge of the ring of fire wouldn't have anything to do with it. Nooooo. It's George Bush fault for not nationalizing private industries through the communist Kyoto treaty.

[mikethevike]

Bush’s fault.
/sarc

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

It will have more of a British style to it...boiled!

[sono]

Holy sushi!

[null and void]

WASABI!

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Go-jeerra

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Not much.

Wasabi you?