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The Mediterranean experienced its highest temperature in four decades on 26 July, according to the Institute of Marine Sciences in Spain. The data, gathered from satellites belonging to the European Earth observation program Copernicus, indicated an increase in water surface temperature, which reached 28.71°C. This temperature surpassed the previous record set in 2003, which stood at 28.25°C. Oceans worldwide have been experiencing higher temperatures, with the average global sea surface temperature reaching a devastating 20.96°C in August, breaking the 2016…