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'Climate Armageddon': Scientists observe sea temperatures rise in UK
euronews (in English)
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15/09/2023
Sea temperatures impact kelp and seagrass, which support ecosystems around Europe exactly the same way as coral does. Without them, marine diversity will be in danger.
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Off the southwest coast of Britain, on the surface of the North Atlantic Ocean,
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scientists from the Marine Biological Association
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have been observing alarming sea surface temperatures.
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A constant concern, but this year more than ever.
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At the beginning of the summer, temperatures were up to 5 degrees warmer than the average.
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Sea temperatures are still almost 2 degrees higher than the long-term average.
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And they've been high pretty much all of this year.
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The team hasn't just been observing the temperatures,
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but for over a decade, the kelp in this part of southwest England.
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And earlier this summer, the temperatures were so alarming
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to push the kelp to the limit of what it can cope with.
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And that matters, because it's the foundation of the marine ecosystems that surround Britain.
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A few degrees doesn't sound like very much,
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but from a marine environment which is relatively very thermally stable,
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that could potentially have a huge impact.
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But that's what some of our research is hoping to find out.
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The team has been running experiments on the health of kelp and seagrass,
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both in the sea and in the laboratory,
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to see what's likely to happen if the trend continues.
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Seagrass being examined in current and projected future water temperatures.
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This year in particular, the North Atlantic has been alarmingly warm.
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Ocean warming and marine heatwaves are going to ramp up over the coming years to decades,
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with huge consequences for fisheries, for aquaculture,
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for the conservation of marine ecosystems.
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Kelp and seagrass support ecosystems around Europe exactly the same way as coral does.
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But unlike coral, kelp is found in huge quantities across the globe.
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It does feel like climate Armageddon might be getting a little bit closer,
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and some of the things that we've considered to be almost fantasy and science fiction
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are at risk of happening within our lifetimes.
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Data collated by Copernicus,
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the Earth observation component of the European Union's space programme,
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highlights 2023 as an alarming year in terms of sea surface temperature.
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We've seen examples in the Pacific where we've had die-offs
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and big oxygen low zones associated with the warming.
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And it wouldn't be untrue to say that we may be on the edge of seeing that
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around the UK and European seas as well.
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As temperatures test the foundations of marine ecosystems,
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scientists continue to analyse what's in store in the short term
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and what the oceans could look like for future generations.
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Luke Hanrahan, Euronews, Plymouth.
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