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In hot water: World's ocean temps warmest recorded
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Aug 20, 2009 04:01pm |
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| Author | SETH BORENSTEIN |
| Media | Website - Yahoo News |
| News Date | Thursday, August 20, 2009 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | he world's oceans this summer are the warmest on record.
The National Climatic Data Center, the government agency that keeps weather records, says the average global ocean temperature in July was 62.6 degrees. That's the hottest since record-keeping began in 1880. The previous record was set in 1998.
Meteorologists blame a combination of a natural El Nino weather pattern on top of worsening manmade global warming. The warmer water could add to the melting of sea ice and possibly strengthen some hurricanes.
The result has meant lots of swimming at beaches in Maine with pleasant 72-degree water. Ocean temperatures reached 88 degrees as far north as Ocean City, Md., this week. |
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