ocean heating Archives - Ocean and Coastal Futures

12 Mar 2024

The ocean has reached the highest temperature on record…again

New satellite data from the European Copernicus Climate Change Service shows the global average sea surface temperature in February was 21.06C, higher than the previous record of 20.98C set in August 2023. Maps released by the organisation show huge areas of the world’s ocean were much warmer than the long-term average. The Atlantic was particularly warm, including the […]

20 Jun 2023

UK and Ireland suffer one of the most intense marine heat increases on Earth

Marine News

Some of the most intense marine heat increases on Earth have developed in seas around the UK and Ireland, the European Space Agency (Esa) says. Water temperatures are as much as 3 to 4C above the average for this time of year in some areas, according to analysis by Esa and the UK Met Office. […]

17 Jan 2023

The ocean had its hottest ever year in 2022

Marine News

The world’s oceans were the warmest on record for the fourth year in row in 2022. A study by an international team of scientists from sixteen institutes worldwide found that the five hottest years for oceans all happened in the past six years and that the speed at which oceans are warming is getting increasingly fast. Published […]