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Study reveals that oceans stored heat efficiently during the last glacial period

Antarctic sea ice is melting. Photo by Jiuxin Shi The Earth’s oceans, one of the largest heat storage sources in the climate system, absorb more than 90% of the excess energy from ongoing anthropogenic warming. Over the past century, the greatest ocean warming has occurred in the upper 500 meters, with relatively weaker warming in the deeper oceans, resulting in…