Extreme Heat in Europe Led to "Brutal" Rise in Sea Temperatures.

The extreme heat wave on land unleashed a marine heat wave that's still ongoing, according Melanie Juza, a researcher at the Balearic Islands Coastal Observing and Forecasting System, which tracks marine temperatures daily across the Mediterranean. Marine heat waves are relatively unknown to scientists, with research papers on these ocean temperatures starting to appear only in 2013. [Extracted from the article]