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heat content

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noun

  1. another name for enthalpy

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

In 2023 alone, climate change broke records for hottest summer, global surface temperature, ocean heat content and ice melt.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2024

In 2023, the upper ocean heat content was the highest on record, leading to strong concern in the scientific community.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 20, 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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