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Researchers report that Earth s seas are storing unprecedented amounts of water. Global water temperature measurements suggest that the total amount of heat stored in the upper seas last year was much higher than at any other year on record, as far back as 1955.
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The researchers released the report of this record-breaking storage of heat online on January 13 in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences.
Tracking the ocean s temperature worldwide is highly crucial since it has been proven that warmer waters melt a lot more ice off the edges of Antarctica and Greenland. This significantly raises sea levels, thereby supercharging tropical storms.