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Environment & Energy

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(10,909 posts) Mon Jan 13, 2020, 04:37 PM Jan 2020

X-post from Latest Breaking News, credit: BeyondGeography and The Guardian

Ocean temperatures hit record high as rate of heating accelerates (the past 5 years are the top 5 warmest years recorded in the ocean and the past 10 years are also the top 10 years on record. Using data from every available source. The rate of heating from 1987 to 2019 is 4.5 X faster than from 1955 to 1986 ) , The Guardian, 1/13/20

Much more at: https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142418434

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/13/ocean-temperatures-hit-record-high-as-rate-of-heating-accelerates