Interactive: Ocean temperature tracker - 360
James Goldie
Published on August 21, 2023
Ocean temperatures are at record highs around the world. Track the global hotspots with our monthly temperature monitor.
Global oceans have been hotter in July 2023 than in any July for the last 40 years — by a large margin.
The global average ocean temperature (excluding polar regions) has broken its monthly record every month since March. July 2023, for example, was 20.96 degrees Celsius — over a quarter of a degree hotter than the previous July record of 20.70C in 2020.
Some regions are running hot even by this standard. The North Atlantic, where experts are worried about coral bleaching, was nearly three-quarters of a degree hotter in July 2023 than the previous July record in 2019.
And even though it’s the middle of winter in the Southern Hemisphere, the Southern Ocean was nearly one-fifth of a degree hotter in July 2023 than the previous July record in 2022.
Originally published under Creative Commons by 360info™.
Editors Note: In the story “Hot oceans” sent at: 17/08/2023 06:00.
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