The rise in sea surface temperatures can be directly attributed to higher levels of greenhouse gas, said NOAA senior scientist Michael McPhaden. Greenhouse gases come from the burning of fossil fuels like gasoline for cars or coal for electricity.
The sea surface temperature reached the highest temperature in nearly 40 years of daily monitoring last week. It was measured at 21.1 degrees Celsius, according to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data.
NOAA's data indicate that La Niña patterns now bring warmer sea surface temperatures than El Niño patterns of the 1980s. McPhaden said El Niño patterns typically occur once every 3-7 years, and it has been about five years since Earth's last El Niño. Whenever the next El Niño arrives, he expects additional records could be broken.
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