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In addition, there is potential for physiological distress if a fish swims into a localized warm area of the water. Because of water's high heat capacity, water temperatures do not change rapidly under natural conditions. Thus, fish have not evolved the ability to adapt to rapid temperature fluctuations.
Because of this, the warm ocean will warm the cold air and the cool ocean will cool the warm air nearby. In the middle of a continent, you have no energy buffer as great as the ocean so the air temperature can get hotter and colder much more rapidly. Source(s): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_capaci...est Answer: Water has a higher heat capacity than air which means for a same amount of each it takes more energy for water to change temperature than air.