Category : Climate Change | Location : International | Posted on 2024-03-11 23:05:52
The average global sea surface temperature (SST) — the temperature of the water at the ocean surface — for February 2024 stood at 21.06 degree Celsius, the highest ever in a dataset that goes back to 1979, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said on March 5. The previous record of 20.98 degree Celsius was set in August 2023.