# Jane Lubchenco

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## Timeline

- **2026-11**: El Niño expected to peak — Oceans are expected to keep warming until the current El Niño peaks, projected between November 2026 and January 2027.
- **2026-08-24**: Copernicus announcement — The EU's Copernicus Climate Change Service publicly announced the record Monday.
- **2026-08-22**: Record repeated — The 21.1°C average held Saturday, confirming the new high.
- **2026-08-21**: New record reached — Ocean temperatures hit 21.1°C (70°F) on Friday, narrowly topping the March 2024 mark.
- **2024-03**: Previous record set — Global average sea surface temperature set its prior daily record in March 2024, at the close of the Southern Hemisphere summer.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### Oceans hit 21.1°C — hottest sea temps ever measured
2026-08-24 20:57:43 · Sentiment: Strongly negative · Impact: 8/10 · Sources: 3

Global sea surface temperatures hit 21.1°C (70°F) on Aug. 21-22, 2026, topping the March 2024 record and arriving in August, far outside the seasonal peak. Copernicus attributes the anomaly to a supersized El Niño layered on human-caused warming, with oceans expected to heat further until the El Niño peaks between November and January. The result: more acidic, oxygen-poor seas, stronger storms, larger storm surge and amplified heat waves.
Full story: https://getclimatebrief.com/story/oceans-record-21-1c-hottest-sea-temperatures-2026

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