World's oceans break June heat record, says EU monitor

The world's oceans have reached an unprecedented milestone. According to the European Union's Copernicus programme, ocean surface temperatures averaged twenty-one degrees Celsius in June—a record high. Scientists say the warming is already impacting marine biodiversity, continuing a trend that environmental experts have warned about for years. The emergence of an El Niño weather pattern could push temperatures even higher through the rest of twenty twenty-six and into twenty twenty-seven.

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