Sea-surface temperature
EU—(ENEWSPF)–7 February 2014. Satellite observations of global sea-surface temperature show that a 30-year upward trend has slowed down within the last 15 years. Climate scientists say this is not the end of global warming, but the result of a rearrangement in the energy flow of the climate system and, in particular, how the ocean stores heat.
Like flying thermometers, some satellites carry instruments that provide a global view of the surface temperature of…
