last year’s warmth was manifested across the planet, from the warm tropical ocean waters off the coast of northeastern australia, where the great barrier reef experienced its worst coral bleaching event on record and large scale coral death, to the arctic, where sea ice hit regular monthly record lows and overall temperatures were also the warmest on record, at least from january through september 2016.
last year’s warmth was manifested across the planet, from the warm tropical ocean waters off the coast of northeastern australia, where the great barrier reef experienced its worst coral bleaching event on record and large scale coral death, to the arctic, where sea ice hit regular monthly record lows and overall temperatures were also the warmest on record, at least from january through september 2016.
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marine extinction intensity during the phanerozoic % millions of years ago (h) k–pg tr–j p–tr cap late d o–s sea ice, and the cold conditions it sustains, serves to stabilize methane deposits on and near the shoreline, preventing the clathrate breaking down and outgassing methane into the atmosphere, causing further warming.