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The oceans have broken temperature records every day over the past year


Every single day of the past 12 months has seen a new global sea temperature high for the time of year.

Media caption, Watch - 'If I were a barnacle I'd be worried' - a marine biologist talks to BBC News Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt about ocean warming Recent months have brought no respite, with the sea surface reaching a new global average daily high of 21.09C in February and March this year, according to Copernicus data. One important factor that's made the last year more impactful in seas all over the world has been the El Niño weather phenomenon, adding to human-driven emissions of warming gases.

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