PARIS: Global oceans were warmer last month than any other May in records stretching back to the 19th century, the European Union's climate monitoring unit reported on Wednesday.

Sea temperatures at a depth of about 10 meters were a quarter of a degree Celsius higher than ice-free oceans in May averaged across 1991 to 2020, the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said.

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