Record High Temps Recorded In The Northeast Shelf Large Marine Ecosystem [1]

April Flowers [3] for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online

According to the most recent Ecosystem Advisory [4] issued by NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC), sea surface temperatures [5] (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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