Has global warming affected the warmth of the Indian Ocean?

Trade winds along the equatorial Pacific are in part responsible for a warming slowdown and western U.S. drought says new research. Credit: Earth Wind Map. read more

Effects of global warming on oceans provides information on the various effects that global warming has on oceans. Global warming can affect sea levels, coastlines, ocean acidification, ocean currents, seawater, sea surface temperatures, tides, the sea floor, weather, and trigger several changes in ocean bio-geochemistry; all of these affect the functioning of a society. read more

This has pushed some of the accumulated warmth up from the ocean to the atmosphere helping 2015 to become easily the hottest year on record. Rapid warming of Indian Ocean affecting fish stocks A news report from Todayonline reports that Warming Indian Ocean is ‘an ecological desert in the making’ with fish stocks and catches declining. read more