Dusseldorf The temperatures in the world’s oceans are currently exceeding all previous records – by a wide margin. The warming of the North Atlantic is of particular concern among experts. On the surface, the water temperature was 22.7 degrees in mid-June – around one degree more than the average for the past few decades. This is a remarkable rise in temperature for bodies of water.
Are there short-term explanations for this or are these the long-term consequences of climate change? And what significance do the record temperatures have for us in Europe? In the new episode of the Handelsblatt Green & Energy podcast, editor Michael Scheppe talks to climate physicist Helge Gößling from the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven.
Does the warming of the seas also threaten to overturn the climate? In the second part of the program, the physicist Anders Levermann, who heads the Complexity Research department at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, talks about tipping points in the climate system and the possible irreversible consequences.
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