00:00The European Union's Climate Monitor says ocean temperatures could reach a record high in May
00:05as conditions shift towards a potentially powerful El Nino weather pattern.
00:11Copernicus Climate Change Service says the latest data shows that at 21 degrees Celsius,
00:15global sea surface temperatures in April ranked as the second highest on record.
00:20It says extremely warm conditions were also observed across a broad area,
00:24stretching from the central equatorial Pacific to the west coast of the United States and Mexico.
00:30This is the region where severe marine heatwave conditions develop,
00:34with sea surface temperatures one of the clearest indicators of how much excess heat the planet is absorbing due to
00:40human-caused climate change.
00:42Hotter oceans can intensify storms, damage marine ecosystems and disrupt weather patterns around the world.
00:48In addition, April land surface temperatures were the third warmest on record,
00:53which the service says shows that global temperatures remain persistently high.
00:57The last major El Nino event saw a string of heat records,
01:00and scientists fear warming seas could signal the arrival of a potentially devastating Super El Nino later this year.
01:07The last major El Nino event was around 30 degrees when it was originally considered to be their first point,
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