Research showing steeper increases in ocean heat is not exactly new. So what's up with all those headlines?

There's been good evidence that the oceans were heating up faster than thought. Now, scientists have fitted the puzzle pieces together.


So this morning, as I'm drinking my coffee and perusing news headlines, I see this in the New York Times: "Ocean Warming Is Accelerating Faster Than Thought, New Research Finds."

The story was about a new paper published Thursday in the journal Science titled, "How fast are the oceans warming?"

This is a big deal, because human-caused global warming d