Global ocean breaks records with 100 days of heat as El Niño adds new threat

Mongabay
Sep 18, 2026, 6:34 am106 ptsTrending
For 100 consecutive days between June 2 and Sept. 10, the global ocean outside of polar regions sustained record high average sea surface temperatures, according to data from the Climate Reanalyzer, a platform overseen by the University of Maine’s Climate Change Institute in the U.S. On each of the 100 days,…

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