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FILE - Bleached coral is visible at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, off the coast of Galveston, Texas, in the Gulf of Mexico, Sept. 16, 2023.

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Video. ‘Uncharted territory’: Global sea surface temperatures hit record high

Updated: 01/07/2026 - 11:21 GMT+2

New Copernicus data reveals that daily global sea surface temperatures have broken records for the time of year.

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