Our oceans are getting hotter, a trend that is alarming experts, and human activity is clearly to blame. In particular sea surface temperatures (SST) are rising at an alarming rate, and scientists have spent months puzzling as to why. They have a good reason to worry: If sea surface temperatures continue rising, humans will endure worsened storms, rising sea levels and major changes to the Earth's ecology.
Now a recent study in the journal Nature Climate Change has discovered a "robust human ‘fingerprint’" behind increasing sea surface temperatures, one that the authors say is "likely to have wide-ranging impacts on marine ecosystems." Perhaps unsurprisingly, it all comes down to global heating.
