THE COASTAL PACKET: Gulf of Maine second fastest warming portion of world's oceans

Sunday, September 15

Gulf of Maine second fastest warming portion of world's oceans

Colin Woodard, Press Herald -The Gulf of Maine is the second fastest-warming portion of the world’s oceans, a vast laboratory for ocean scientists studying how global warming affects the marine environment and for policymakers trying to figure out how to minimize the damage to fisheries, communities or, as in the case of the 2012 lobster glut, civic peace. Their discoveries underscore the seriousness of the changes and the complexity of the required policy responses.

...Since the record-breaking heat wave of 2012-2013, the Gulf of Maine has continued to warm, seeing its second and third warmest sea surface temperature years on record in 2016 and 2018.

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