EcoWatch: Last month, Earths ocean surfaces tied the previous record for the hottest July during the 130 years the U.S. government has been compiling data.
The National Climatic Data Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) reported that the average temperature was 62.56 degrees Fahrenheit, 1.06 degrees above the 20th-century average. The ocean surfaces also reached that temperature in July 2009. It`s the third straight month this year that ocean surface temperatures set a record....