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Scientific American: Oceans Break Heat Record for Fourth Year in a Row.
Posted by Claude Buettner
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(Editorial comment) It's hard to deny a warming planet when the ocean temperatures are breaking records six years in a row. But these details are important to understand the scale of what is happening to the planet.
“The world’s oceans hit their warmest levels on record for the fourth consecutive year in 2022, fueling sea-level rise and contributing to climate disasters
“Oceans hit their warmest levels on record for the fourth consecutive year in 2022, according to a new report by two dozen scientists. Previous heat records were broken in 2021, 2020 and 2019, and all of the top six hottest levels have occurred in the last six years.
“It’s an ominous sign of the speed at which the world is warming.
“The world’s oceans are massive heat sinks—they absorb as much as 90 percent of the excess heat in the atmosphere. And because the air is swiftly warming, driven by greenhouse gas emissions, the oceans are soaking up more and more heat as time goes on.
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