Ocean Warming Breaks Record for Ninth Straight Year
Scientists warn the ocean’s accumulation of energy is fueling extreme weather patterns and destabilizing marine ecosystems.

Every second of last year, the Earth’s oceans absorbed the equivalent in energy to 12 Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs.

Global ocean heat content (OHC) increased for the ninth consecutive year in 2025, according to a report released Friday in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. The study—a collaboration involving more than 50 scientists from 31 international institutions—measured temperature fluctuations in the upper 2,000 meters of the planet’s waters, finding the greatest increases in the Southern Atlantic, the Northern Pacific and the Southern Ocean. Warming waters are linked to increasingly extreme weather patterns, coral reef die-offs and sea level rise.

Earth’s oceans act as the planet’s main thermal energy sink. Absorbing more than 90 percent of the excess heat trapped by greenhouse gases, ocean temperatures serve as a critical indicator of long-term climate change. “Global OHC is the single best indicator that the planet is warming,” said Kevin Trenberth, a co-author and scholar at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09012026/ocean-warming-breaks-record-for-ninth-straight-year/

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Spiny Norman said:

Ocean Warming Breaks Record for Ninth Straight Year
Scientists warn the ocean’s accumulation of energy is fueling extreme weather patterns and destabilizing marine ecosystems.

Every second of last year, the Earth’s oceans absorbed the equivalent in energy to 12 Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs.

Global ocean heat content (OHC) increased for the ninth consecutive year in 2025, according to a report released Friday in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. The study—a collaboration involving more than 50 scientists from 31 international institutions—measured temperature fluctuations in the upper 2,000 meters of the planet’s waters, finding the greatest increases in the Southern Atlantic, the Northern Pacific and the Southern Ocean. Warming waters are linked to increasingly extreme weather patterns, coral reef die-offs and sea level rise.

Earth’s oceans act as the planet’s main thermal energy sink. Absorbing more than 90 percent of the excess heat trapped by greenhouse gases, ocean temperatures serve as a critical indicator of long-term climate change. “Global OHC is the single best indicator that the planet is warming,” said Kevin Trenberth, a co-author and scholar at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09012026/ocean-warming-breaks-record-for-ninth-straight-year/

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Very sad and meanwhile man has his petty arguments.

>>Every second of last year, the Earth’s oceans absorbed the equivalent in energy to 12 Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs.

Is that what oceans do or is that the global warming part of it?

Peak Warming Man said:

>>Every second of last year, the Earth’s oceans absorbed the equivalent in energy to 12 Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs.

Is that what oceans do or is that the global warming part of it?

Have another read of the attached text.

roughbarked said:

Spiny Norman said:

Ocean Warming Breaks Record for Ninth Straight Year
Scientists warn the ocean’s accumulation of energy is fueling extreme weather patterns and destabilizing marine ecosystems.

Every second of last year, the Earth’s oceans absorbed the equivalent in energy to 12 Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs.

Global ocean heat content (OHC) increased for the ninth consecutive year in 2025, according to a report released Friday in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. The study—a collaboration involving more than 50 scientists from 31 international institutions—measured temperature fluctuations in the upper 2,000 meters of the planet’s waters, finding the greatest increases in the Southern Atlantic, the Northern Pacific and the Southern Ocean. Warming waters are linked to increasingly extreme weather patterns, coral reef die-offs and sea level rise.

Earth’s oceans act as the planet’s main thermal energy sink. Absorbing more than 90 percent of the excess heat trapped by greenhouse gases, ocean temperatures serve as a critical indicator of long-term climate change. “Global OHC is the single best indicator that the planet is warming,” said Kevin Trenberth, a co-author and scholar at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09012026/ocean-warming-breaks-record-for-ninth-straight-year/

:(

Very sad and meanwhile man has his petty arguments.

disagree, great peace loving world police free USSA could drop a string of thermonuclear babies across East Asia across Asia Minor and South America, drop the population by 40%, that’ll cut emissions quick smart

Spiny Norman said:

Peak Warming Man said:

>>Every second of last year, the Earth’s oceans absorbed the equivalent in energy to 12 Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs.

Is that what oceans do or is that the global warming part of it?

Have another read of the attached text.

It wants my email address, it aint gunna get it.

Peak Warming Man said:

Spiny Norman said:

Peak Warming Man said:

>>Every second of last year, the Earth’s oceans absorbed the equivalent in energy to 12 Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs.

Is that what oceans do or is that the global warming part of it?

Have another read of the attached text.

It wants my email address, it aint gunna get it.

Ah okay – It didn’t ask me sorry.
Briefly – CC is causing the oceans to warm substantially and at an unprecedented rate. Their ability to absorb excess heat is decreasing as they reach saturation so the atmosphere is going to start getting hotter and quite likely soon.

Peak Warming Man said:

Spiny Norman said:

Peak Warming Man said:

>>Every second of last year, the Earth’s oceans absorbed the equivalent in energy to 12 Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs.

Is that what oceans do or is that the global warming part of it?

Have another read of the attached text.

It wants my email address, it aint gunna get it.

https://archive.is/20260110184404/https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09012026/ocean-warming-breaks-record-for-ninth-straight-year/

Link

JudgeMental said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Spiny Norman said:

Have another read of the attached text.

It wants my email address, it aint gunna get it.

https://archive.is/20260110184404/https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09012026/ocean-warming-breaks-record-for-ninth-straight-year/

Link

Interesting that the site is based in Iceland -> .is

JudgeMental said:

Peak Warming Man said:

Spiny Norman said:

Have another read of the attached text.

It wants my email address, it aint gunna get it.

https://archive.is/20260110184404/https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09012026/ocean-warming-breaks-record-for-ninth-straight-year/

Link

Ta.

Peak Warming Man said:

JudgeMental said:

Peak Warming Man said:

It wants my email address, it aint gunna get it.

https://archive.is/20260110184404/https://insideclimatenews.org/news/09012026/ocean-warming-breaks-record-for-ninth-straight-year/

Link

Ta.

Ta.

Peak Warming Man said:

Spiny Norman said:

Peak Warming Man said:

>>Every second of last year, the Earth’s oceans absorbed the equivalent in energy to 12 Hiroshima-sized atomic bombs.

Is that what oceans do or is that the global warming part of it?

Have another read of the attached text.

It wants my email address, it aint gunna get it.

Just create a ‘throw-away’ email account. One that you intend to never visit again.

But, it’s the mail address that you provide for things like this.

Then, they can happily send you all the email rubbish they like, and you can just as happily never see any of it.

not ours

SCIENCE said:

not ours

Ha!

Humanity has “lost the fight against climate change”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLubu0orxPw

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Spiny Norman said:

Humanity has “lost the fight against climate change”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLubu0orxPw

:(

This week’s New Scientist has a piece about why we should be optimistic about dealing with climate change.

Haven’t read it yet.

Spiny Norman said:

Humanity has “lost the fight against climate change”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLubu0orxPw

:(

It does make me wonder how quickly could we alter Earth climate if it was deliberate.
Factories designed to spew out gases, etc to warm or cool the planet.

Cymek said:

Spiny Norman said:

Humanity has “lost the fight against climate change”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLubu0orxPw

:(

It does make me wonder how quickly could we alter Earth climate if it was deliberate.
Factories designed to spew out gases, etc to warm or cool the planet.

It’s all Australia’s fault. We put out more greenhouse stuff ‘per head’ than anyone else.

So, that makes us Australians (1.1% of total world greenhouse gases) much, much worse people than the Chinese and the Americans (41%) .

Cymek said:

Spiny Norman said:

Humanity has “lost the fight against climate change”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLubu0orxPw

:(

It does make me wonder how quickly could we alter Earth climate if it was deliberate.
Factories designed to spew out gases, etc to warm or cool the planet.

We call it a shake n bake colony…

furious said:

Cymek said:

Spiny Norman said:

Humanity has “lost the fight against climate change”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLubu0orxPw

:(

It does make me wonder how quickly could we alter Earth climate if it was deliberate.
Factories designed to spew out gases, etc to warm or cool the planet.

We call it a shake n bake colony…

Yes that sort of thing.
Or could we reactivate volcanoes
Aliens mentioned decades

Cymek said:

furious said:

Cymek said:

It does make me wonder how quickly could we alter Earth climate if it was deliberate.
Factories designed to spew out gases, etc to warm or cool the planet.

We call it a shake n bake colony…

Yes that sort of thing.
Or could we reactivate volcanoes
Aliens mentioned decades

One of these would be handy…

it’s good to know that CHINApeople are not considered humanity

Witty Rejoinder said:

captain_spalding said:

SCIENCE said:

captain_spalding said:

ABC News:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-18/nt-new-outback-space-project-alice-springs-terram-astra/106352872

Boon, or boondoggle?

to be fair seems like they do an article about these types of start ups every deity damn year, just like they tell us fusion power is 20 years away each year

I suspect that a reasonable percentage of these you-beauty ‘startups’ are never meant to get very far beyond selling the concept. Promise this, publicise that, lobby the MPs and ministers, show them some wonderful renderings of how it could all look, get the funding from governments for the ‘research’ and ‘studies’ and development’, maybe erect a tin shed or two on the site, and then let it all quietly fade away while you lounge on the beach in Bermuda.

China has just broken a barrier that physicists believed to be unbreakable for decades, and its 150 million-degree artificial sun could bring us closer than ever to the energy of the stars

https://www.ecoticias.com/en/china-has-just-broken-a-barrier-that-physicists-believed-to-be-unbreakable-for-decades-and-its-150-million-degree-artificial-sun-could-bring-us-closer-than-ever-to-the-energy-of-the-stars/27313/

saving the world

captain_spalding said:

JudgeMental said:

Witty Rejoinder said:

China has just broken a barrier that physicists believed to be unbreakable for decades, and its 150 million-degree artificial sun could bring us closer than ever to the energy of the stars

https://www.ecoticias.com/en/china-has-just-broken-a-barrier-that-physicists-believed-to-be-unbreakable-for-decades-and-its-150-million-degree-artificial-sun-could-bring-us-closer-than-ever-to-the-energy-of-the-stars/27313/

won’t be long before some says, “what have the Chinese ever done for us?”

27% of world greenhouses gases, for a start.

fair point given that all the red area is technically part of CHINA so it makes sense

SCIENCE said:

JudgeMental said:

captain_spalding said:

SCIENCE said:

Tau.Neutrino said:

SCIENCE said:

(https://tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/topics/18121/)

we’re optimistic that countries that are doing overtime saving the world now will succeed

Maybe other countries will join in once the madness is over.

we’re optimistic that could happen too

27% of world greenhouses gases, for a start.

more windfarms and solar than the rest of the world, exaggeration a bit. 59% of energy sources are renewables. 35-40% electricity is renewables. so at least they are actively doing something about it.

no they’re not, they’re not part of humanity so they don’t count

sorry other thread

SCIENCE said:

fair point given that all the red area is technically part of CHINA so it makes sense

Other sources:

Worldometer: 32 % for China https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-by-country/

EDGAR – The Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research: China (2024) 29% https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/report_2025

Net0.com – China 35% of global CO2 emissions https://net0.com/blog/top-five-carbon-emitters-by-country

Visualcapitalist: China (2022) 26% https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-world-carbon-emissions-by-country/

Our World in Data: China (2024) 32% of world CO2 emissions https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions

captain_spalding said:

SCIENCE said:

fair point given that all the red area is technically part of CHINA so it makes sense

Other sources:

Worldometer: 32 % for China https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-by-country/

EDGAR – The Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research: China (2024) 29% https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/report_2025

Net0.com – China 35% of global CO2 emissions https://net0.com/blog/top-five-carbon-emitters-by-country

Visualcapitalist: China (2022) 26% https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-world-carbon-emissions-by-country/

Our World in Data: China (2024) 32% of world CO2 emissions https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions

yes sure in a recent year but that’s the beauty of conveniently forgetting about history

SCIENCE said:

captain_spalding said:

SCIENCE said:

fair point given that all the red area is technically part of CHINA so it makes sense

Other sources:

Worldometer: 32 % for China https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-by-country/

EDGAR – The Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research: China (2024) 29% https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/report_2025

Net0.com – China 35% of global CO2 emissions https://net0.com/blog/top-five-carbon-emitters-by-country

Visualcapitalist: China (2022) 26% https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-world-carbon-emissions-by-country/

Our World in Data: China (2024) 32% of world CO2 emissions https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions

yes sure in a recent year but that’s the beauty of conveniently forgetting about history

Oh, yeah, cumulatively, since 1850, the US is streets ahead of everyone else.

But, China has the top spot on the dais for ‘making a bad problem much worse’.

captain_spalding said:

SCIENCE said:

captain_spalding said:

SCIENCE said:

captain_spalding said:

SCIENCE said:

captain_spalding said:

Michael V said:

Divine Angel said:

(https://tokyo3.org/forums/holiday/posts/2361309/)

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/plants/china-has-planted-so-many-trees-around-the-taklamakan-desert-that-its-turned-this-biological-void-into-a-carbon-sink

Mass tree planting in China is turning one of the world’s largest and driest deserts into a carbon sink, meaning it absorbs more carbon from the atmosphere than it emits, new research reveals.

The Taklamakan Desert (also spelled Taklimakan or Takla Makan) is slightly larger than Montana, stretching across about 130,000 square miles (337,000 square kilometers). It is encircled by high mountains, which block moist air from reaching the desert for most of the year, creating extremely arid conditions that are too harsh for most plants.

However, over the past few decades, China has sowed a forest around the Taklamakan’s edges, and a new study suggests this approach is beginning to bear fruit.

***

This is good news and all but I’m a little hazy on what’s happening here. It seems like the desertification of surrounding areas has stopped?

Last sentence sums up the answer to your question:

The Great Green Wall’s potential to slow desertification remains unclear, but its role as a carbon sink “may serve as a valuable model for other desert regions,” he added.

Other sources:

Worldometer: 32 % for China https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-by-country/

EDGAR – The Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research: China (2024) 29% https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/report_2025

Net0.com – China 35% of global CO2 emissions https://net0.com/blog/top-five-carbon-emitters-by-country

Visualcapitalist: China (2022) 26% https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-world-carbon-emissions-by-country/

Our World in Data: China (2024) 32% of world CO2 emissions https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions

yes sure in a recent year but that’s the beauty of conveniently forgetting about history

Oh, yeah, cumulatively, since 1850, the US is streets ahead of everyone else.

But, China has the top spot on the dais for ‘making a bad problem much worse’.

fair point given that all the red area is technically part of CHINA so it makes sense

Other sources:

Worldometer: 32 % for China https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-by-country/

EDGAR – The Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research: China (2024) 29% https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/report_2025

Net0.com – China 35% of global CO2 emissions https://net0.com/blog/top-five-carbon-emitters-by-country

Visualcapitalist: China (2022) 26% https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-world-carbon-emissions-by-country/

Our World in Data: China (2024) 32% of world CO2 emissions https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions

yes sure in a recent year but that’s the beauty of conveniently forgetting about history

Oh, yeah, cumulatively, since 1850, the US is streets ahead of everyone else.

But, China has the top spot on the dais for ‘making a bad problem much worse’.

not saying they couldn’t have done better but how long does it take a tree to grow

captain_spalding said:

SCIENCE said:

captain_spalding said:

Other sources:

Worldometer: 32 % for China https://www.worldometers.info/co2-emissions/co2-emissions-by-country/

EDGAR – The Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research: China (2024) 29% https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/report_2025

Net0.com – China 35% of global CO2 emissions https://net0.com/blog/top-five-carbon-emitters-by-country

Visualcapitalist: China (2022) 26% https://www.visualcapitalist.com/ranked-world-carbon-emissions-by-country/

Our World in Data: China (2024) 32% of world CO2 emissions https://ourworldindata.org/co2-emissions

yes sure in a recent year but that’s the beauty of conveniently forgetting about history

Oh, yeah, cumulatively, since 1850, the US is streets ahead of everyone else.

But, China has the top spot on the dais for ‘making a bad problem much worse’.

china began to seriously ramp, there was a previous push back in the 50s, up industrialisation around the late 70s, well before renewables became a thing. of course the needed power and that is the legacy they face now. so in 50 years they have remarkable change course. unlike the dithering of the west.

JudgeMental said:

captain_spalding said:

SCIENCE said:

yes sure in a recent year but that’s the beauty of conveniently forgetting about history

Oh, yeah, cumulatively, since 1850, the US is streets ahead of everyone else.

But, China has the top spot on the dais for ‘making a bad problem much worse’.

china began to seriously ramp, there was a previous push back in the 50s, up industrialisation around the late 70s, well before renewables became a thing. of course the needed power and that is the legacy they face now. so in 50 years they have remarkable change course. unlike the dithering of the west.

pretty sure it’s not an accident that “paint CHINA as the bad guy so the right thing to do is the opposite” has been the strategy for the past 15 years

Cymek said:

Spiny Norman said:

Humanity has “lost the fight against climate change”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLubu0orxPw

:(

It does make me wonder how quickly could we alter Earth climate if it was deliberate.
Factories designed to spew out gases, etc to warm or cool the planet.

Many military strategists looked at this during the cold war period?

roughbarked said:

Cymek said:

Spiny Norman said:

Humanity has “lost the fight against climate change”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLubu0orxPw

:(

It does make me wonder how quickly could we alter Earth climate if it was deliberate.
Factories designed to spew out gases, etc to warm or cool the planet.

Many military strategists looked at this during the cold war period?

what about 2000 nuclear warheads doing their thing within 2 weeks reckon that could help a lot

SCIENCE said:

captain_spalding said:

SCIENCE said:

yes sure in a recent year but that’s the beauty of conveniently forgetting about history

Oh, yeah, cumulatively, since 1850, the US is streets ahead of everyone else.

But, China has the top spot on the dais for ‘making a bad problem much worse’.

not saying they couldn’t have done better but how long does it take a tree to grow

Before it starts dying?

roughbarked said:

SCIENCE said:

captain_spalding said:

Oh, yeah, cumulatively, since 1850, the US is streets ahead of everyone else.

But, China has the top spot on the dais for ‘making a bad problem much worse’.

not saying they couldn’t have done better but how long does it take a tree to grow

Before it starts dying?

Life starts to die the moment it lives, the article up there was about the desert becoming a proper carbon sink, what standard do we want to hold these intended enemies to when we hold our supposed allies to the lowest standards imaginable¿

Dr Karl Senate Committee on Information Integrity on Climate Change and Energy

Dr Karl introduces a new AI concept he’s working on and answers questions regarding climate change and misinformation. He also takes on climate change deniers Senator Roberts and Senator Canavan
00:00 Senator Whish-Wilson
10:45 Senator Darmanin
14:18 Senator Roberts
23:10 Senator Canavan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hi1ItAX3YiA

A glacier on Antarctica’s Eastern Peninsula underwent the most rapid retreat seen in modern times. In only two months, nearly half of Hektoria Glacier broke apart and disappeared.

New research led by the University of Colorado Boulder and published in Nature Geoscience explains what happened in 2023, when the glacier lost about eight kilometers of ice in just 60 days. The study found that the key factor was the flat bedrock beneath the glacier. As the ice thinned, this smooth foundation allowed large sections to lift off the ground and float, triggering an unusual and sudden calving event.

The findings could help scientists pinpoint other Antarctic glaciers that might be vulnerable to similar rapid collapse. Hektoria Glacier is relatively small by Antarctic standards, covering about 115 square miles, roughly the size of Philadelphia. However, if a much larger glacier were to retreat this quickly, the consequences for global sea level rise could be severe.

“When we flew over Hektoria in early 2024, I couldn’t believe the vastness of the area that had collapsed,” said Naomi Ochwat, lead author and CIRES postdoctoral researcher. “I had seen the fjord and notable mountain features in the satellite images, but being there in person filled me with astonishment at what had happened.”

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/02/260226042454.htm

Space lasers reveal oceans rising faster than ever.

Summary:
A new 30-year analysis reveals that melting land ice is now the main force behind rising global sea levels. Researchers discovered that oceans rose about 90 millimeters since 1993, with most of the increase coming from added water mass rather than just warming expansion. Ice loss from Greenland and mountain glaciers accounts for the vast majority of this gain. Even more concerning, the rate of sea-level rise is accelerating.

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/02/260222092321.htm

Models warn Thwaites Glacier could rival entire Antarctic ice loss by 2067

The future of one of Antarctica’s most iconic glaciers could be far more dramatic than scientists previously thought. Using satellite calibrated ice sheet models, a team of researchers from the University of Edinburgh found that the Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica could be shedding 180–200 gigatonnes of ice per year by 2067—a rate roughly comparable to the entire Antarctic ice sheet’s current mass loss. That would represent a stunning acceleration in ice loss from a single glacier and underlines urgent concerns about future contributions to sea level rise.

Thwaites Glacier is already one of the fastest changing and most closely watched glaciers on Earth, losing ice more than five times faster than in the 1990s. It drains a huge area of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet and outlets into the Amundsen Sea. In recent decades, observations from satellites have shown that it has been thinning and accelerating, losing more ice to the ocean than it gains from snowfall. This imbalance is what drives its contribution to global sea level rise.

Understanding how much ice could be lost in the coming decades is not just a matter of measuring what’s happening now. Scientists rely on computer models that simulate the physics of ice flow, ocean melting, and changing surface conditions, but those models need to be calibrated against real observations—in this case, data on how fast the glacier surface is lowering and how the ice is moving.

https://phys.org/news/2026-03-thwaites-glacier-rival-entire-antarctic.html