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Oceans are warming at the same rate as if five Hiroshima bombs were dropped in every second
(CNN)The world's oceans are now heating at the same rate as if five Hiroshima atomic bombs were dropped into the water every second, scientists have said.
A new study released on Monday showed that 2019 was yet another year of record-setting ocean warming, with water temperatures reaching the highest temperature ever recorded.
- Ivana Kottasová
An international team of 14 scientists examined data going back to the 1950s, looking at temperatures from the ocean surface to 2,000 meters deep.
The study, which was published in the journal Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, also showed that the…