Most of the heat from global warming ends up in the oceans, not the atmosphere.
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A key climate warning sign just hit a record high.
Real world measurements of how much extra heat the Earth is trapping are well beyond most climate models. That’s a real problem.
Over the past three years, Earth’s climate system has accumulated an average of 11 Hiroshima bombs’ worth of excess energy per second. And it’s showing in the current surge in ocean temperature.
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Adjunct Professor of Environmental Geography, CQUniversity Australia
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Professor of Earth Sciences, Brock University
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Marine Geologist and Oceanographer, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
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Associate Research Scientist in Climate Science, Université de Toulouse
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