The water of the Mediterranean Sea has recorded its highest daily temperature so far, Spain's main center for marine expressions has announced, as extreme heat has gripped much of the Mediterranean basin, one of the "hotspots" of climate warming.
"A new record for the period 1982-2023 was broken for the average daily surface temperature of the Mediterranean Sea with 28,71 degrees Celsius," announced researchers from the Institute of Marine Science (ICM) from Barcelona.
They analyzed satellite data from the European Copernicus Observatory.
The previous record high daily temperature of the Mediterranean Sea of 28,25 degrees Celsius was recorded on August 23, 2003.
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