The oceans are unprecedented between pandemics

The world's oceans have reached record high temperatures, raising concerns about global warming effects that could make the weather of the year extremely extreme.

The waters of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans all reached their hottest levels last month, according to the US National Center for Environmental Information.

High temperatures have given warnings about an intense Atlantic hurricane season, fierce wildfires from Amazon to Australia, as well as record hot weather and strong thunderstorms in the southern United States, according to Bloomberg. .

In the Gulf of Mexico, where offshore oil fields account for 17% of US oil production, the seawater temperature measured is 24.6 degrees Celsius, 1 degree higher than the average heat level, according to Phil Klotzbach from the University. Colorad state. Warming Gulf water can cause violent storms.

'The temperature of the entire ocean in the tropics is above average , ' says Michelle L'Heureux, a forecaster of the US Weather Forecast Center. 'This constitutes global warming. It's disturbing to look at all the oceans in the tropics and see how hot they are. '

Record-breaking hot water in the Gulf of Mexico flooded coastal populations, making land temperatures also the hottest ever, Deke Arndt, Head of Supervision at the National Center for Environmental Information in Asheville, North Carolina, said.

The darker red color indicates the hotter the water in that area, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). (Photo: NOAA).

Florida recorded the hottest March ever, while Miami reached nearly 34 degrees Celsius on April 15, higher than the average of 9 degrees Celsius.

While the corona virus is causing a serious health crisis in the United States that has infected more than 734,000 people and more than 39,000 people, global warming continues to be a threat. Arndt said the seawater "holds better heat than the atmosphere".

Overall, modern tools that have measured the last 5 years are the hottest years for seawater. It is 'certainly related to climate change,' said Jennifer Francis, senior scientist at Woods Hole Research Center in Massachusetts. 'The oceans are absorbing about 90% of the heat from greenhouse gas emissions.'

Reports of Colorado's first hurricane in 2020, led by Klotzbach, have forecast that this year eight hurricanes will form from the Atlantic Ocean and will at least one hit the US during the hurricane season. 6, starting at 1/6.

The oceans also play a part in setting the stage for forest fires . In the case of Australia and the Amazon, really warm waters of the ocean can pull rain out of the mainland, causing drought, even, drought. For example, in 2019, the Indian Ocean actually heated Africa, so that's where all the storms passed, leaving Australia at that time of high and dry temperatures.

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