This year’s September was the second warmest on record, according to the EU’s Copernicus Climate Service.
Prolonged heatwaves and widespread drought characterised the summer in Europe. A new report from the EU’s Copernicus Climate Service shows that this also led to several record-breaking high temperatures in the oceans and very low water levels in Europe’s largest rivers.
All parts of the oceans are under triple attack, according to the EU's Copernicus Climate Service's major annual ocean report. ‘These changes affect us all – ecosystems, society and the economy,’ says oceanographer Karina von Schuckmann.
Over the past year, the fishing quota for herring in the central Baltic Sea has doubled, temperatures have risen, and oxygen levels in the sea have dropped further. Yet, despite these grim reports, several breakthroughs were achieved during the year. Here are five advances for the ocean in 2024 that you might have missed.
