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Climate change: Understanding the threat of ocean warming

Ocean warming threatens weather systems. Image: REUTERS/Mike Blake

Kevin Trenberth
Senior Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research
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Hurricane Ida did $74 billion in damage from Louisiana to the northeastern U.S. in 2021.
Hurricane Ida satellite view. Image: RAMMB/CIRA/Colorado State University

Global ocean heat content change in the upper 2000m.
Ocean heat content in the upper 2,000 meters of the world’s oceans since 1958, relative to the 1981-2010 average. Image: Lijing Cheng
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Thwaites Glacier. Image: NASA

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