How long does it take to heat the ocean a few degrees??

Question

How long does it take to heat the ocean a few degrees??

Answer 1

A considerable amount of time.

Answer 2

Water has a very high specific heat, the highest of any naturally occuring substance on Earth. This means that it takes a high number of calories to heat water, and a long period of time.

Answer 3

it depends

Answer 4

The bottom of the ocean is always at 4 degrees C.

  Surface and subsurface currents are always changing.

  It you took the average temperature of the ocean you would find that it would change less than one-one hundredth of a degree over long periods of time.