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posted by martyb on Friday January 11 2019, @01:52AM   Printer-friendly
from the bigger-and-stronger-hurricanes dept.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/climate/ocean-warming-climate-change.html

Scientists say the world’s oceans are warming far more quickly than previously thought, a finding with dire implications for climate change because almost all the excess heat absorbed by the planet ends up stored in their waters.

A new analysis, published Thursday in the journal Science, found that the oceans are heating up 40 percent faster on average than a United Nations panel estimated five years ago. The researchers also concluded that ocean temperatures have broken records for several straight years.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 11 2019, @03:30AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 11 2019, @03:30AM (#784865)

    "Oceans Warming 40% Faster than Previously Predicted"

    Were the previous predictions that the oceans will get warmer by 1 degree or by 10 degrees? Or .1 degrees? Because 40 percent of .1 degrees is not a severe as 40 percent of 10 degrees.

    I did notice this winter was warmer than usual where I live but not sure if that has anything to do with global warming.