How hot is the ocean? Sea surface temperatures in many areas outside the polar regions have been warmer than normal since March. In April and May, they were highest on record for those months in a ...

In the image below we compare February sea surface temperatures with 2005, 2010, 2020 and 2024. The number of named storms each year is on the right side of the maps.

In March 2023, ocean surface temperatures started breaking records and haven’t stopped since, fueling concern about the impacts on marine life and extreme weather. CNN values your feedback 1.

The team warns that if this trend continues, in only the next 20 years, we will exceed the sea surface temperature rise we've experienced in the last 40 years. ... Site Map; Follow us on.

The average global ocean surface temperature hit 20.96 degrees Celsius (69.7 Fahrenheit) at the end of July, according to modern data from the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service ...

The first year of measurements from NASA's Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) satellite mission, launched in December 2022 and developed by NASA and France’s Centre National D’Etudes ...

The sea surface temperatures that fueled Hurricane Beryl are typically expected in September, not June. Human-caused climate change made these temperatures 100–400 times more likely.

"Sea surface temperatures hit 97.7°F (36.5°C) in the Persian Gulf this past week," weather analyst Colin McCarthy wrote on X, ... NASA SOTO map of North America sea temperatures on August 26.

Topographic or satellite maps of Earth may reveal ridges and troughs that crisscross flat plains on the ocean floor, making it seem as though the entire ocean floor has been mapped out, Ferrini said.

Ocean-surface warming four times faster now than late-1980s. ScienceDaily . Retrieved July 12, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 01 / 250128124303.htm ...

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Ocean temperatures along and near the New Jersey coast have averaged between five and 10 degrees above normal since late last year, a phenomenon that has intrigued ...