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One of the most severe marine heatwaves on Earth has developed off the coast of Ireland and the UK, with water temperatures as high as 4-5°C above normal.
NOAA's Marine Heatwave Watch has categorized this event as a Category 4 (extreme) marine heatwave.
NOAA's Marine Heatwave Watch has categorized this event as a Category 4 (extreme) marine heatwave.
This continues the trend of a record hot North Atlantic as previous record high ocean temperature records continue to get shattered.
At a global level, no ocean basin is seeing such widespread and intense marine heatwaves as the North Atlantic.
At a global level, no ocean basin is seeing such widespread and intense marine heatwaves as the North Atlantic.
Sea surface temperatures have skyrocketed to above normal levels across nearly every major European sea in the last month, especially in the Baltic Sea, North Sea and western Mediterranean Sea.
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