[elfman2]

"I will publish another report when the February data is complete. So far, it appears that most of the Indian ocean, the second largest ocean in the world, has suddenly cooled. "

It was my understanding that these large bodies of water were largely unresponsive to brief shifts in atmospheric temperature because of their great depth and density, lagging by hundreds of years (and taking an average of that). So I don't understand a "sudden" change.

[dangus]

>> It was my understanding that these large bodies of water were largely unresponsive to brief shifts in atmospheric temperature because of their great depth and density, lagging by hundreds of years (and taking an average of that). <<

That’s correct, which is why I explained in the article that by “ocean temperatures” what global warming alarmists and I mean are average temperatures of the surface of the ocean.