Record High Temps Recorded In The Northeast Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem

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According to the most recent Ecosystem Advisory issued by NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC), sea surface temperatures (SSTs) for 2012 in the Northeast Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem were the highest recorded in 150 years. These record SSTs are the latest in a trend of above average temperatures observed during the spring and summer seasons and part of a pattern of elevated temperatures in the Northwest Atlantic. This trend has not been observed elsewhere in the ocean basin over the past one hundred years.

North Shelf Ecosystem SSTs reached a record high of 57.2 degrees Fahrenheit in 2012, according to the report. This exceeds the record set in 1951. Typically, the average SST has been lower than 54.3 F for the last thirty years.

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