Ocean temps rising to unprecedented levels

Boston Globe coverage reports that the world's oceans are heating up. The North Atlantic, near Europe and northern Africa, is the hottest.Scientists believe this is due to the El Nino/La Nina transition that is happening. Whatever the cause, the warmer water is expected to make sea ice melt faster (which makes sea levels rise) and may alter the jet stream, causing bigger and stronger hurricanes.Read about it on the Boston Globe here: Nothing like this has ever happened before