Rising ocean temperatures are becoming even more of a concern as a new study has highlighted an accelerated rise since the 1980s.

The rate of ocean warming has more than quadrupled over the past four decades, a new study has shown. Ocean temperatures were rising at about 0.06 degrees Celsius per decade in the late 1980s, but are now increasing at 0.

Ocean warming has more than quadrupled in recent decades and is likely to accelerate even faster if humanity fails to address climate change, scientists find.

Our oceans have warmed at an accelerated rate over the past four decades, according to new climate change research published by Environmental Research Letters.