Ocean temperatures in 2022 were 'the hottest in the historical record', breaking a record already set in 2021, a new study reveals, SIA refers to foreign press.
An international team of researchers say Earth's oceans received an additional 10 Zetta joules of heat – or 10 followed by 21 zeroes – last year.
This is enough to boil 700 million 1.5 litre kettles every second for a year, or 100 times the world's electricity generation in a year.
The experts say the findings show how the world's oceans have been 'profoundly affected' by the emission of greenhouse gases from human activities.
The international team of scientists that produced the new ocean heat analysis concluded: “The Earth’s energy and water cycles have been profoundly altered due to the emission of greenhouse gases by human activities, driving pervasive changes in Earth’s climate system.”
Prof John Abraham, at the University of St Thomas in Minnesota and part of the study team, said: “If you want to measure global warming, you want to measure where the warming goes, and over 90% goes into the oceans.
“Measuring the oceans is the most accurate way of determining how out of balance our planet is.
“We are getting more extreme weather because of the warming oceans and that has tremendous consequences all around the world.”
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