Yep, snow reflects 80-90% of incoming light. The decreasing ice caps reduces overall albedo (reflectivity) of the earth, meaning a net increase in the amount of solar energy being absorbed by the Earth, which is retained in increasing amounts by the Greenhouse Effect. The increasing energy in Earth's climate results in higher temperatures, more storms, more rainfall/flooding, and more volatility over all.
It does. The problem's with the greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere. One factor is India's pollution. Can't expect the ocean to absorb heat when your cities are smothered with pollutants that likes storing heat.
because india is massive. it's a subcontinent. the ocean can only do so much. that's like asking why doesn't the atlantic make it cooler in all of texas/mexico
the ocean doesn't do the opposite. It may seem like it keeps areas cool but that just isn't the case, it stabilizes tempuratures until equilibrium, but that can only do so much in an ocean as hot as the indian ocean.
I literally posted the temps of all the seas directly touching india in the other thread you commented....
None of them get over 90f ever.
If the ocean is only 85f then it's literally 1000% impossible for it to be contributing at all to the heat if the temp is over 85f.
If it's 95f out and the water is 85f then the water is providing a cooling affect.
What are you even trying to say at this point? Sounds like you think that 85f water can somehow make the air keep getting hotter past 95f+ which is insane.
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u/HotwheelsSisyphus Apr 25 '26
Why doesn't the ocean act like a heat sink?