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Mediterranean Sea Experienced Marine Heatwaves of 'Record Intensity'

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.

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The maximum temperature of the sea was recorded at the end of August. Last year, in that month, the absolute record was broken in the buoy of Dragonera, in the Balearics, at 31.8 °C. This year, before the end of June, this same buoy has already recorded 30.5 degrees, the highest temperature for that month in many points of the Western Mediterranean. These waves of marine heat, analogous to the waves of atmospheric heat that we suffer more and mo…

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The port buoy marked 28 degrees, the highest value for a month of July in 40 years Malaga lives its warmest June since 1961, with 3.3 degrees above average

With 62% of its surface affected by marine heat waves, the Mediterranean experienced in June 2025 its warmest month ever recorded, according to Mercator International Ocean. A worrying situation for marine ecosystems. The Mediterranean Sea broke a new record. In June 2025, its average surface temperature reached 23.86°C, according to data published on Tuesday by Mercator International Ocean, operator of the European Union's Copernicus Marine ser…

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20minutos broke the news in Madrid, Spain on Wednesday, July 9, 2025.
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