September heat kept alive a warming trend seen over much of the summer in the North Atlantic. Scientists say its more evidence of climate change.

Dinah Voyles PulverUSA TODAY

Published2:00 AM PDT Sep. 12, 2022Updated

Key Points

• A burst of heat overparts of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans continued a series of summer record-breakers.
• The warmer water temperature helped fuel creation of a hurricane much farther north than typical.es
• https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/2022/09/12/september-heat-warms-north-atlantic-arctic-oceans-sets-records/8009795001/

Hotter than normal temperatures weren’t just confined tothe American Southwestas September started.

A burst of heat overparts of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans continued a series of summer record-breakers that brought unusually warm temperatures to the world’s coolest regions.

A huge melt event occurred on Greenland’s ice sheet last weekend, when temperatures rose above freezing, even at an elevation near 10,000 feet.At the same time, warmer water temperatures – as much as 9degrees above…