The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. January 14, 2020 Study: 2019 Was Hottest Year for World's Oceans on Record --------------------------------------------------------- 2019 was the hottest year for the world's oceans on record. That's according to a new study published in the journal Advances in Atmospheric Sciences. The Earth's surface temperature also recorded its second-hottest year on record last year, as the climate crisis leads to the warming of the Earth's oceans and atmosphere. .