In 2024, the Mediterranean Sea reached record numbers exceeding 1.76 ºC, the average value of its water from 1991 to 2020. The practice of only August remained very close to 28 ° C. This is cruelty, which, unfortunately, did nothing but the beginning. And this is that climate change leads to a clear The ocean warming from around the world, but Mediterranean temperature This is always the one that is dangerous.
In fact, the figures of 2025 are also very worried. In the first 46 days of the year, until February 16, the average surface temperature of the Mediterranean Sea was 17.72 ºC. In the same period of 1982, when these records began to make 15.37 ºCThe field suggests this An increase of 1.35º C in just 43 years. It may seem a little, but this is a lot.
Other water masses are heated, but not at the same speed. As explained Wired Director of the Institute for Forecasting the ground system of the Euro -Domer Center Climate Changes (CMCC), Simone MasinaThe global increase in the temperature of the oceans is much lower than the increase in the temperature of the Mediterranean Sea. About half. Other sources suggest that 20 % faster than the average value of the world is heated. Therefore, this sea is an indicator of what should happen. Canary, who warned the GRISQi GAS miners, runs away.
Why does the Mediterranean temperature rises so much?
There are several reasons that explain the increase in the temperature of the Mediterranean, but its insulation is most important. And it is only in contact with another mass of water, in the Atlantic Ocean in this case, Through the Gibraltar StraitThe field, therefore, it is unlikely to have an exchange with colder waters. In addition, the Mediterranean Sea This is a relatively small mass of waterWhat makes it easier, that it warms up. If we add to this its location, with a high solar frequency, its heating is supplied.
All this not only leads to a gradual increase in the Mediterranean temperature. Also encourages that they arise Thermal wavesThe sea thermal wave field occurs when water is maintained for at least 5 days with temperatures above the average for this part of the water. Currently, the Mediterranean Sea passes through one of these heat waves, and the temperature that reach 30 ºC in some points.
This is a punctual temperature measured in places such as the Balearian islands or some points of the Valensian community. However, the average is also much higher than the norm. For example, on June 30, the average temperature of the Mediterranean was 26 ºCWhat implies an anomaly of 2.98 ºC for these dates.
What can be the consequences of a warm ocean and the Mediterranean Sea?
An increase in the Mediterranean temperature is not only superficial. The deepest waters too They warm too muchThe field is originally nothing strange. Seas and oceans They act like spongesHaving absorbed part of the heat of the atmosphere. If so, then there would be inhabited places that would not really be. In this sense, the warm -ceans would be something positive. However, at present, heating is much greater than usual.
This affects sea ecosystems for several reasons. Firstly, when the water temperature rises, some of its molecules are divided into elements that make up: hydrogen and oxygen. Many h+ions are produced, whose biggest concentration is associated with Reduction of pHThe field is therefore The water is acidified. Many of the species that usually live in these waters can no longer survive there.
On the other hand, heat and acidity are convenient for more tropical species that move into the waters of the Mediterranean Sea, displacement of local speciesThe field all this includes the destruction of ecosystems, which, logically, is a catastrophe for biodiversity, as well as for the economy. For example, fishing can be clearly affected.
To all this, we must add that hot water serves as fuel for hurricanes, better known as tropical cyclones, or Medicanes, In the Mediterranean. Dana Danas is more intense, as the Mediterranean continues to warm up. If we do not accept letters in the topic of climate change, this will be carefully compared to what we will see in a few years. In the canary, air ends, and if we do not run, there will be no way to save miners.
Source: Hiper Textual
