The world’s oceans are heating up at an accelerating pace as global warming threatens a diverse range of marine life and a major food supply for the planet, researchers said Thursday. The findings in the US journal Science, led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, debunk previous reports that suggested a so-called pause in global warming in recent years. About 93 percent of excess heat — trapped around the Earth by greenhouse gases that come from the burning of fossil fuels — accumulates in the world’s oceans. Argo “has provided consistent and widespread data on ocean heat content since the mid-2000s,” it said. “The global warming signal is a lot easier to detect if it is changing in the oceans than on the surface.”

Source: Egypt Independent January 10, 2019 23:03 UTC