3 Jul, 2017 @ 14:27
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Spain’s waters at highest temperatures EVER after hottest June for 50 years, threatening marine life

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SPAIN’S waters reached their highest temperatures ever in June.

Deep-sea bouys with thermometers have shown they have increased by 2.5C in the last decade alone.

The warmest waters were recorded in the Mediterranean of Tarragona, which reached 27C, an increase of 2.5 % on a year earlier, the highest ever in the month of June.

The temperature also rose in the Atlantic Ocean off Galicia, and the Bay of Biscay off Spain’s northern coast.

Cabo Silleiro in the northwestern region of Galicia registered its warmest temperature ever at 19.9C.

Marine environmentalists have repeatedly warned of the impact of warmer seas on marine life due to its ability to encourage invader species.

 

It comes after this year’s June was the hottest for 50 years.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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