Warmest oceans ever recorded

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-11/uoh-woe111314.php

PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 14-Nov-2014

Contact: Gisela Speidel
University of Hawaii ‑ SOEST

Warmest oceans ever recorded

"This summer has seen the highest global mean sea surface temperatures ever recorded since their systematic measuring started. Temperatures even exceed those of the record-breaking 1998 El Niño year," says Axel Timmermann, climate scientist and professor, studying variability of the global climate system at the International Pacific Research Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa.

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