- In 2020, global ocean surface temperatures were 0.76 degrees Celsius higher than the average temperature for the past one hundred years.
- While the annual divergence fluctuates, with some years hotter and others cooler, there is a definite upward trend, visible in the data.
- Continuing global warming is set to increase the strength, frequency, spatial extent and duration of extreme weather events.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/01/oceans-warmer-climate-change-sea-crisis-temperature/