Earth’s oceans are storing record-breaking amounts of heat
Seas may have absorbed enough heat last year to boil 1.3 billion kettles of water
![sea ice](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/011221_MT_ocean-warming_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
In 2020, the world's oceans may have stored up to 20 sextillion more joules of heat energy than in 2019. Warmer water contributes to melting sea ice.
NASA/Saskia Madlener