The new study says the oceans have absorbed far more heat than previously thought The world has seriously underestimated the amount of heat soaked up by our oceans over the past 25 years, researchers say. Their study suggests that the seas have absorbed 60% more than previously thought . They say it means the Earth is more sensitive to fossil fuel emissions than estimated. This could make it much more difficult to to keep global warming within safe levels this century. What is climate change? Final call to halt ‘climate catastrophe’ Risk of ‘Hothouse Earth’ despite CO2 cuts No more beef? Five things you can do to help stop rising global temperatures What have the researchers found? According to the last major assessment by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the world’s oceans have taken up over 90% of the excess heat trapped by greenhouse gases. But this […]