For 421 straight days, a marine heat wave in the North Atlantic broke and sometimes shattered daily temperature records. Another alarm bell was that daily temperature records often fell by a significant margin on several occasions by more than 1 degree Fahrenheit.
The world's oceans as a whole are heating up. Monthly global sea surface temperatures have been at their warmest on record for 13 months in a row. Last year set a new annual record for global ocean heat.
Extreme ocean temperatures fuel tropical cyclones and heat over land, increasing hurricane seasons and health risks. Marine heat waves threaten marine life, causing global coral bleaching events from Florida to Fiji.
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