And the amount of heat that the oceans absorb is pretty astounding. You have to measure it in zetajoules. Last week I explained that we're We are now warming the oceans by 23 zettajoules a year, breaking the ocean heat content record for the ninth consecutive year. As I said before, what's a zetajoule? A zettajoule is the unit of heat measure the joule with 21 zeros behind it, that makes it a very big number. (05:15–05:30)
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Asserts that ocean warming has reached 23 zettajoules annually, setting records for nine years.
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