Climate models consistent with ocean warming observations

This is an image of global sea surface temperatures taken from Japan National Space Development Agency's (NASDA) AMSR-E instrument aboard NASA's Aqua spacecraft on August 27, 2003. The colors in this false-color map represent temperatures of the ocean's surface waters, ranging from a low of -2C (28F) in the darkest green areas to a high of 35C (95F) in the brightest yellow-white regions. Sea ice is shown as white and land is dark gray. Courtesy NASDA/NASA