Grist: If the average temperature of a large body of water increases, thats an enormous amount of heat content, says Andrew Rosenberg, one of the convening lead authors of the National Climate Assessments Oceans chapter. Seas are becoming warmer and more acidic as they absorb atmospheric heat and CO2, which broadly affects ocean circulation, chemistry, ecosystems, and marine life; ocean acidification is already starting to dissolve the shells of small marine organisms.
Rising sea surface temperatures...