heat content
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
"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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