Isn’t the sea boiling enough at the moment for you to make tea with it?
From Lovinmalta
The first-ever recorded marine heatwave is currently hitting the central Mediterranean sea, as part of the ongoing effects of climate change.
What is being described as “exceptional”, the marine heatwave has led to surface temperatures being five degrees hotter than average and with sea surface temperatures around the Maltese islands already at 30 degrees.
“This has never happened before in July not even during the 2003 heatwave! While we humans might find the warmer water temperatures pleasant, the persistently hotter-than-normal temperatures in the Mediterranean pose a threat to the entire marine ecosystem,” Malta Weather said in a post.
Lovin Malta spoke with marine biologist and researcher Alan Deidun, to hear more about what this marine heatwave can be attributed to, and the effects it will have.
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