🔆 Global Ocean Heat Content (OHC) – Climate Indicator
📍 Definition: Total heat absorbed & stored in oceans, measured at various depths.
✅ Key Facts
• Oceans absorb 90% of excess global heat.
• Atlantic, Pacific, and Southern Oceans warm faster than global average.
• Since 1980s, OHC has doubled/tripled (2023 study).
✅ Significance
• Drives sea level rise, alters weather, disrupts ecosystems, and strengthens cyclones.
• A stable climate change indicator beyond surface temperatures.
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