European sea surface temperature

Description

All European seas have warmed considerably since 1870, and the warming has been particularly rapid since the late 1970s. The multi-decadal rate of sea surface temperature rise during the satellite era (since 1979) has been between 0.21 °C per decade in the North Atlantic and 0.40 °C per decade in the Baltic Sea.
Globally averaged sea surface temperature is projected to continue to increase, although more slowly than atmospheric temperature.

Reference information

Websites:

https://www.eea.europa.eu/ds_resolveuid/IND-100-en

Source:

EEA

Published in Climate-ADAPT Jun 7, 2016 - Last Modified in Climate-ADAPT Dec 12, 2023

Date of publication:

2017

Keywords:

CLIM013, sea surface temperature

Climate impacts:

Extreme Temperatures

Adaptation Approaches:

Observations and Scenarios, Climate services

Sectors:

Marine and Fisheries

Geographic characterisation:

Europe

Countries:

Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Republic of North Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo under UN Security Council Resolution 1244/99, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom