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heat content

British

noun

another name for enthalpy

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"Ocean heat content reached a new record high in 2025 and its rate of warming more than doubled from 1960-2005 to 2005-2025," the WMO said.

From Barron's • Mar. 23, 2026

Over the last month the Gulf of Mexico has had record heat content with sea surface temperatures at 29-31C.

From BBC • Oct. 9, 2024

By the end of of 2023, climate change had broken records for hottest summer, global surface temperatures, ocean heat content and ice melt.

From Salon • Jul. 24, 2024

"As a result, there is a significant increase in the abyssal ocean heat content, contributing to local sea level rise due to the thermal expansion of the water."

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2024

What makes this phenomenon less remarkable is the relatively little- known fact that dehydrated wood has an extremely low heat content and very poor heat conductivity.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

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