Amount of ocean heat found to be accelerating and fuelling extreme weather events

The rate of warming in the top 2km has doubled from levels in the 1960s, review findsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe amount of heat accumulating in the ocean is accelerating and penetrating ever deeper, with widespread effects on extreme weather events and marine life, according to a new scientific review.One of the report's authors said the devastating floods in eastern Australia had likely been made worse by warming oceans. The risks would continue to rise as the ocean took up more heat, the report said. Continue reading...