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Scatterplot showing how the ocean is warming at all depths from the surface down to 2000 meters.

Warming of the global ocean from the surface to depths of 2,000 meters from 1993-2025. Each dot shows the average warming in degrees Celsius per decade at a given depth. Rates range from close to 0.2 degrees C (0.45 degrees Fahrenheit) of warming per decade at the surface to a hundredth of a degree per decade near 2,000 meters depth. Climate.us image, adapted from Figure 3.6 in State of the Climate in 2025, in press.