Extreme ocean heat does not mean climate change is accelerating: study
Thursday, 13 March 2025 () Brest, France (AFP) Mar 12, 2025
An extraordinary jump in ocean temperatures in 2023 and 2024 was at the extreme end of expectations from global warming and would have been "practically impossible" without climate change, new research said Wednesday. The planet has been steadily warming for decades as emissions rise but the stunning leap in ocean temperatures was so far above the long-term trend that scientists debated if
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