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World's oceans hit highest temperature on record

World's oceans hit highest temperature on record as El Niño grows

The world's oceans are hotter than ever recorded, new data suggests, as they suffer from human-caused climate change and the growing El Niño weather phenomenon.

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El Niño is still strengthening. The ocean is already breaking records

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This Year’s Record-Breaking El Niño in 3 Charts

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Oceans hit record temperatures amid climate change and El Nino

The European climate service Copernicus says the world’s oceans have reached their hottest temperature on record.

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This year’s devastating El Nino event could be the ‘strongest in a lifetime’

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Global ocean heat breaks record months after its usual peak

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World's oceans hit record-high July temperatures

The world's oceans hit their hottest ever recorded temperatures for July, partly fuelled by developing El Niño conditions in the Pacific, according to the EU's climate monitoring service. The average sea surface temperature (SST) outside the world's polar ...

World Screen

New BBC Two Series Explores the Depths of the World’s Oceans

Global streaming subscription revenues grew by 14 percent in 2025, reaching a total of $157.1 billion, according to Ampere Analysis, which predicts this number will surpass $200 billion by 2030. World Screen Newsflash is the leading source of daily news ...

The Conversation

Introducing The Conversation and the BBC’s Secrets of the Sea – my journey to meet six marine scientists pioneering ocean solutions

After a long drive to Godrevy lighthouse near St Ives in Cornwall, the wind is blowing and the waves are crashing. I’m here with BBC radio producer Jo Loosemore, on a roadtrip to meet some of the marine scientists researching how ocean health is vital to ...