In hot water: World sets ocean temperature record

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090820/ap_on_sc/us_sci_warm_oceans

The average water temperature worldwide was 62.6 degrees, according to the National Climatic Data Center, the branch of the U.S. government that keeps world weather records. That was 1.1 degree higher than the 20th century average, and beat the previous high set in 1998 by a couple hundredths of a degree. The coolest recorded ocean temperature was 59.3 degrees in December 1909.

Vast expanses of Arctic ice melt in summer heat

TUKTOYAKTUK, Northwest Territories – The Arctic Ocean has given up tens of thousands more square miles (square kilometers) of ice on Sunday in a relentless summer of melt, with scientists watching through satellite eyes for a possible record low polar ice cap.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090810/ap_on_sc/cn_canada_ice_retreats