Oceans Boiling Due To Global Warming

Oceans worldwide are overheating and hitting temperature records, potentially endangering the planet’s sea life and coastal towns, reported Al Jazeera on Friday, based on data by the EU Climate Observatory.
Oceans’ surface temperature reached 20.96 degrees Celsius on Friday, said the observatory.
According to the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, the most recent record was 20.95 degrees Celsius in March 2016.
Since April of this year, the average ocean temperature has exceeded seasonal records.
Ocean warming will disrupt marine flora and fauna, including migration movement and affect the spread of invasive species, according to researchers, which will likely jeopardize food security in some regions of the world.
Scientists have discovered that the seas have absorbed 90 percent of the extra heat created by people since the beginning of the industrial age.
This heatwave combined with greenhouse gases are having a catastrophic effect on the planet’s oceans.
Warmer waters are also less capable of absorbing carbon dioxide (CO2), reinforcing the global warming cycle.
Scientists believe that the harshest impacts of the El Nino phenomenon, which heats the oceans, will be felt this year and will persist in the future.