Last year fell short of setting a new high mark for hottest year by less than half a degree Fahrenheit — just behind 2021. Scientists say the accelerated warming is changing an ecosystem that's host to important fishing industries, especially for lobsters.
Lobsters harvested from the Gulf of Maine sit in a crate at a shipping facility, Nov. 18, 2020, in Arundel, Maine.
The average sea surface temperature was 53.66 degrees Fahrenheit, more than 3.7 degrees above the 40-year average, the scientists said. The accelerated warming is changing an ecosystem that's host to numerous important commercial fishing industries, especially for lobsters, they said. The gulf is the nerve center of the lobster fishing business, which has recorded heavy catches over the past 10 years. However, lobster fisheries in more southern waters have collapsed, and scientists have placed the blame on warming temperatures.
The warming is also coming at a time when the world's oceans are heating up. Last year was the third-warmest year for global sea surface temperature, the report said.
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