Scientists discover unexpected decline in global ocean evaporation amid rising sea temperatures

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Scientists discover unexpected decline in global ocean evaporation amid rising sea temperatures

A study published in Geophysical Research Letters has challenged the conventional understanding of the relationship between global warming and ocean evaporation. A research team from the Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research of the Chinese Academy of Sciences discovered a phenomenon that, despite rising sea surface temperatures, global ocean evaporation has decreased over the past decade.

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In a world in which climate models are revered as infallible prophets, a study is now coming, which spats the self-proclaimed climate expert into the soup. What a surprise: The reality once again does not hold itself to the beautiful computer calculations of our scientific pseudo-elite. Our results are unexpected: Despite rising ocean surface temperatures, the global ocean evaporation has declined in the last decade, observe Ma et al. in their 2…