When Heat Hides Under The Refrigerator - 2

Amery Ice Shelf

In the previous post it was shown that the deepest depth of the ocean is warming to the point of becoming warmer than shallower depths above it (When Heat Hides Under The Refrigerator).

The graphs in today's appendix show that the intensity of research, in terms of the quantity of measurements of  the temperature of the ocean, changes over time (Appendix GR).

The graphs involve the number of measurements made and reported to the WOD at four pelagic depths: Epipelagic (0m - 200m), Mesopelagic (201m - 1000m), Bathypelagic (1001m - 4000m), and Abysopelagic (4001m - 5500m).

Some of the reasons for the increase and decrease of the number of measurements per year are known.

For instance, when World Wars I and II were raging the researchers did not want to become the prey of submarine warfare, so they weren't out in large numbers on research ships plumbing the depths.

Other times of decrease and increase are less well known, but one guess is a lack of funding during depressions, recessions, and cover-ups.

And then again, sometimes the powers that be just do not want to acknowledge that civilization if causing problems for itself (Seaports With Sea Level Change, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31).

The next post in this series is here, the previous post in this series is here.

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