Another Record: Ocean Warming Continues through 2021 despite La Niña Conditions

Cheng, L. et al., Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Another Record: Ocean Warming Continues through 2021 despite La Niña Conditions
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Here, we provide the first analysis of recent OHC changes through 2021 from two international groups. The world ocean, in 2021, was the hottest ever recorded by humans, and the 2021 annual OHC value is even higher than last year’s record value by 14 ± 11 ZJ (1 zetta J = 1021 J) using the IAP/CAS dataset and by 16 ± 10 ZJ using NCEI/NOAA dataset.

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