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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: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 11 2019, @01:27PM
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/363/6423/128.full [sciencemag.org]
I don't see "trade wars" anywhere... and the linked NYT article talks about current impacts, like trade wars in South China Sea, for example. I know you live under the rock, but the world is more than 'murica, and not all conflicts are 'murica centered. Actually, South China Sea is prime example of conflicts where US has abandoned it's ally (Philippines) and now it's almost too late to do anything about it. The actual science article doesn't mention politics or speculates about impacts on human society.
Anyway, TL;DR, the article is just confirmation of measurements that heat is trapped in the oceans, as previously speculated, especially about the "hiatus" in surface temperatures. But I don't expect you to actually read it or understand it.
So, roll your eyes and smoke some weed because you certainly are not gifted with ability to do abstract thought. Or maybe even reading the actual article.