Record-Warm Oceans: How Worried Should We Be?

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By Environmental Defense FundFeb 26, 2019, 9:45 am173 pts
By Ilissa Ocko The world's oceans are heating up. Scientists have found that 2018 was the hottest year ever recorded for our oceans, and that they are warming even faster than previously thought. When documenting global warming trends, we often focus on air temperature. But the oceans actually absorb more than…

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