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20/10/2021

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20/10/2021

This week we have been delving into the regional projections of the new IPCC

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🌡️Marine heatwaves have become more frequent over the 20th century and are projected to increase around the globe

👩‍🔬Human driven warming is very likely to further decrease ocean oxygen concentrations, and this will persist for thousands of years

🌊Sea level will continue to rise for centuries to millennia due to continuing deep ocean heat uptake and mass loss from ice sheets

Read more in the IPCC Oceans Regional Fact Sheet here:
https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/downloads/factsheets/IPCC_AR6_WGI_Regional_Fact_Sheet_Ocean.pdf