The oceans just reached their hottest temperature on record as El Nino looms. Here are 6 things to watch for
By Laura Paddison and Rachel Ramirez, CNN, Apr 3, 2023
Scientists have watched in astonishment as ocean temperatures have steadily risen over the past several years -- even as the cooling La Niรฑa phenomenon had a firm grip on the Pacific. The oceans have been record-warm for the past four years, scientists reported in January. Then in mid-March, climatologists noted that global sea surface temperature climbed to a new high.
Here are 6 things to watch out for:
1. The world could breach 1.5 degrees of warming for the first time
2. There could be more drought-busting rain in the West
3. Drought, heat and fire elsewhere
4. Warmer Pacific Ocean fuels stronger cyclones
5. Coral reefs could see catastrophic bleaching
6. More Antarctic ice melt
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