Record Heat in Northwest European Waters

Unusually warm sea surface temperatures lingered for months in the waters around the U.K. and Ireland in spring 2025.

This image originally appeared in the NASA Earth Observatory story Record Heat in Northwest European Waters.

NASA Earth Observatory image by Wanmei Liang, using data from the Multiscale Ultrahigh Resolution (MUR) project. Story by Lindsey Doermann.

Published May 30, 2025
Data acquired May 22, 2025