Since March, the month when the North Atlantic begins to warm after winter, temperatures have been higher than in previous years and the gap with previous records has been increasing steadily in recent weeks.
The region has become a key point in observing the warming of the world’s oceans.
In July, the Mediterranean Sea broke its daily heat record with an average temperature of 28.71C, according to Spain’s leading marine research centre.
Marine heatwaves have doubled since 1982, according to a 2019 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
If pollutant emissions are not reduced, by 2100, they could be 10 times more intense than at the beginning of the 20th century.
The use of coal, oil and gas is expected to be at the center of the debate at the upcoming UN climate talks, called COP28, to be held at the end of the year in Dubai.