What is the result of climate change? More intense storms, more frequently. Conversion of heat energy to kinetic energy , the first law of thermodynamics, all forms of energy are interchangeable. When yo drive a car, the chemical energy in gasoline is converted to heat, kinetic energy, and sound if the radio is on. "Global sea surface temperatures (SST) have warmed by approximately 0.8°C to 0.9°C relative to the pre-industrial baseline (1850–1900), rather than a full 1°C. If you consider the entire depth of the global ocean, the average temperature increase is significantly lower (fractions of a degree) because deep ocean waters take centuries to heat. The headline figure of "1°C of warming" refers to the overall global surface average (land and ocean combined): Land surface: Warms faster, having increased by roughly 1.5°C to 1.6°C since pre-industrial times. Sea surface: Warms more slowly due to water's high heat capacity, having increased by roughly 0.8°C to 0.9°C. Combined global average: Land and sea combined reached around 1.1°C to 1.3°C above pre-industrial levels (with individual hot years like 2023 and 2024 spiking slightly higher). Even though the numerical temperature change in the ocean is lower than on land, the ocean absorbs over 90% of the excess heat trapped by greenhouse gases in Earth's climate system. Because of water's high thermal mass, that 0.9°C surface increase represents a massive influx of thermal energy, driving sea-level rise, marine heatwaves, and shifting weather patterns."
