Oceans shattered heat records in 2025
The world’s oceans absorbed more heat in 2025 than any year on record, providing the fuel for extreme weather that killed thousands of people across the globe, according to researchers of a study published Friday in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. … Record-breaking rainfall highlighted what scientists call “the escalating risks associated with rapidly intensifying storm systems in a warming climate.” These disasters are connected to warming oceans in a direct way. Warmer water means more evaporation, which puts more moisture into the air. When storms form over these supercharged oceans, they carry that extra water and dump it as extreme rainfall.
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