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The ocean has now broken temperature records every day for more than a year. And so far, 2024 has continued 2023’s trend of beating previous records by wide margins. In fact, the whole planet has been hot for months, according to many different data sets.
Last month, the average global sea surface temperature reached a new monthly high of 21.07 degrees Celsius, or 69.93 degrees Fahrenheit, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, a research institution funded by the European Union.
Understanding what specific physical processes are behind these temperature records will help scientists improve their climate models and better predict temperatures in the future. Peter Schlosser, Vice President, Vice Provost and Professor, at ASU's Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory joined Arizona Horizon to explain why this is happening.