The Mediterranean heats up and reaches 30 degrees between Spain and Italy

• Heat Why don't tropical nights stop?

The temperature of

has exceeded the usual values ​​for the month of August, especially in the western part, which runs between the Spanish peninsular coast and the Italian coast passing through the Balearic Islands, where in some points the waters

s .

According to data provided by the

(Aemet), on the Spanish coasts, depending on the area, the temperature of the Mediterranean

compared to the usual markers at this time, while in the Italian

.

Even bathers have noticed that something strange is happening to this sea because "the water is usually cooler", a circumstance that the

attributes to the fact that

, which, together due to the lack of wind, it prevents the water from circulating and mixing with the bottom, where it is colder.

It is in the Levante and in the southeast of the peninsula where the increase in temperature in the Mediterranean is most noticeable, as evidenced

(3 to 4 degrees higher than normal), the almost 28 they had in

last July 25 according to Puertos del Estado or the nearly 30 degrees in the waters of the Levantine coast.

Although not so intense, in the

the rise in sea temperature has also been felt, so that on the coast of

, in the heat of the heat wave in July,

compared to last year at the same time and it is possible that they will be exceeded in August, while in the Galician

the water remains at 16 degrees, two more than in the

.

In the

, the Puertos del Estado buoy

of water temperature in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and 23.9 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, and it has been found that in general there are fewer degrees in the open ocean than on the coasts near the African continent.

The

effects of climate change and

, as is the case of the Basque coast, which is on track to break its sea water temperature records by reaching

, bringing it closer to the 25 recorded in August 2006.

In Asturias, according to data from the

, the water temperature these days ranges between 16 degrees on the beaches of

and 25 on the San Lorenzo beach in Gijón.

On the

, the 18 on the coast near Ribadeo (Lugo) stand out, according to data from Meteogalicia, which places the average water temperature at 16 degrees,

.

From Aemet they remember that what is happening now

, because in July 2017, which was also especially hot in Spain and in the Mediterranean basin, temperatures reached 30 degrees in points of the western Mediterranean for reasons similar to those of now.

Among the consequences of this increase in sea temperature, experts highlight the

and tropical and even hot nights in coastal areas, due to the lack of breeze and the increase in moisture in the air.

As indicated by the professor at the University of Alicante

,

, together with the high temperature of the sea, will help the formation of "very energetic" clouds that would lead to torrential rains as it comes being common on the Mediterranean coast and in the Balearic Islands.

For his part, the researcher from the University of Vigo,

, recalled that climate change generates three major problems in the marine environment: warming of the waters, loss of oxygen and acidification and, when they occur at the same time and combined with each other, they have very detrimental effects on biodiversity and ecosystems.

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