Every day since late March, the world’s average sea surface temperature has been well above the previous highest mark for that day. Sea surface temperature 0°C 32°F 16°C 60.8°F 33°C 91.4°F EUROPE NORTH AMERICA ASIA Pacific Atlantic Pacific AFRICA Indian SOUTH AMERICA AUSTRALIA ANTARCTICA Sea surface temperature 0°C 32°F 16°C 60.8°F 33°C 91.4°F EUROPE NORTH AMERICA Atlantic ASIA Pacific Pacific AFRICA Indian SOUTH AMERICA AUSTRALIA ANTARCTICA Sea surface temperature 0°C 32°F 16°C 60.8°F 33°C 91.4°F EUROPE NORTH AMERICA ASIA Atlantic Pacific Ocean Ocean AFRICA Pacific Ocean SOUTH AMERICA Indian Ocean AUSTRALIA ANTARCTICA Sea surface temperature 0°C 32°F 16°C 60.8°F 33°C 91.4°F EUROPE NORTH AMERICA ASIA Atlantic Pacific Ocean Ocean AFRICA Pacific Ocean SOUTH AMERICA Indian Ocean AUSTRALIA ANTARCTICABaffled scientists are unsure what exactly has caused the rapid spike in ocean temperatures first detected in March. Advertisement“Here we do have some evidence that something exceptional is happening to North Atlantic sea surface temperatures,” wrote Zeke Hausfather, a climate scientist at Berkeley Earth and the tech company Stripe. El Niño also tends to reduce hurricane activity in the Atlantic Ocean, although the extremely warm ocean waters there could counteract that impact. Sea surface temperatures are especially warm around Japan, which has seen record heat, record rainfall and deadly flooding this month.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 28, 2023 13:05 UTC