The Mediterranean Sea has just experienced its hottest June on record, with marine heatwaves of "record intensity" affecting 62 percent of its surface, Mercator Ocean International announced Tuesday.
The average surface temperature of this enclosed sea, which is warming faster than the rest of the ocean, reached an average of 23.86°C in June, breaking its previous June record from 2022 (23.72°C), according to Mercator Ocean International, the operator of the European Union’s Copernicus Marine Service.
