The rate of ocean warming has nearly doubled since 1992 compared with the previous three decades. And the warming has reached deeper waters, scientists reported Friday.
The findings are important because the world's oceans provide one of the best records of the excess energy trapped on Earth by increased greenhouse gases, largely from the burning of fossil fuels. As the seas heat up from climate change, the water expands and rises, causing coastal flooding and, in Antarctica, ice shelves to disintegrate. [my emphasis]
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Sunday, March 12, 2017
Rate of Ocean Warming Has Nearly Doubled Over Two Decades, Study Says
Click here to access article by Bob Berwyn from Inside Climate News.