Even the deepest, coldest parts of the ocean are getting warmer

 It’s not yet clear if a small increase in temperature is the result of climate change

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Even the nearly freezing waters at the bottom of the ocean are warming, according to deep-sea thermometers located just above the seafloor in the Atlantic Ocean.

Doug White

Things are heating up at the seafloor.

Thermometers moored at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean recorded an average temperature increase of about 0.02