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[[File:ClimateDashboard-ocean-heat-content-graph-20220825-1400px.jpg|thumb |upright=1.35 |Seasonal (3-month) heat energy in the top half-mile of the ocean compared to the 1955-2006 average. Heat content in the global ocean has been consistently above-average (red bars) since the mid-1990s. More than 90 percent of the excess heat trapped in the Earth system due to human-caused global warming has been absorbed by the oceans. NOAA Climate.gov graph, based on [https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/data/oceans/woa/DATA_ANALYSIS/3M_HEAT_CONTENT/DATA/basin/3month/ohc_levitus_climdash_seasonal.csv data (0-700m)] from the [https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/ocean-heat-salt-sea-level NCEI Ocean Heat Content] product collection.]]
'''Ocean heat content''' (OHC) is the energy absorbed and stored by oceans. In 2022 the Ocean heat content of the world’s oceans recorded the hottest in the historical record - exceeded the previous 2021 record maximum.<ref>Cheng, L., Abraham, J., Trenberth, K.E. et al. 2023 [https://doi.org/10.1007/s00376-023-2385-2 Another Year of Record Heat for the Oceans]</ref>


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== External links ==
* [https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/global-ocean-heat-content/ NOAA Global Ocean Heat and Salt Content]

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