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Highest-Ever Ocean Temperatures Recorded as El Niño Intensifies

The 21.1 C reading topped the previous daily mark by 0.01 C as warming waters raise risks for marine ecosystems and coastal communities.

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Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02681-4Why extreme temperatures are expected to weaken ocean carbon sinks — plus, how mitochondrial injections could treat vision loss.

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Highest-ever ocean temperature measured as powerful El Niño forms

Scientists have recorded the highest temperature ever measured in the world’s oceans

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Highest-ever ocean temperatures recorded as El Niño intensifies

Nature, Published online: 26 August 2026; doi:10.1038/d41586-026-02681-4Why extreme temperatures are expected to weaken ocean carbon sinks — plus, how mitochondrial injections could treat vision loss.

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El Niño is still strengthening. The ocean is already breaking records

"This record is another clear signal of an ocean under growing stress," one meteorologist warned.

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El Niño Is Visible From Space. The Picture Surprised by Copernicus Satellites Showing the Huge "Warm Water Blanket of the Pacific

El Nino is intensifying and pushing ocean temperatures to a record level. Copernicus, the European Union's environmental and planet monitoring service, has published an image showing the warming...

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