AdvertisementEarth's Oceans Are Getting Hotter And Higher, And It's AcceleratingSeptember 25, 2019Rebecca HersherfacebookEmailSalmon swim upstream in Seattle in 2017. A mass of abnormally warm water off the west coast of the U.S. that year contributed to a federal fishery disaster. Warming oceans and rising sea levels are threatening coastal economies as the world's climate changes. (AP)