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Oceans Storing Earths Excess Heat in Leaked UN Report
2013-08-29 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: The oceans are becoming a repository for almost all of Earths excess heat, driving up sea levels and threatening coastlines, according to a leaked draft of the most comprehensive United Nations report addressing climate science. Temperatures in the shallowest waters rose by more than 0.1 degree Celsius (0.18 degree Fahrenheit) a decade for the 40 years through 2010, the study found. Average sea levels have increased worldwide by about 19 centimeters (7.5 inches) since 1901 and researchers said...
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