🌡️ Check out my new story, published today, about how intensifying marine heatwaves are threatening the future of local fisheries across Europe.
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Taken together, European seas averaged 21.6 C (70.9 F) between June and August, the highest in 45 years of available data.
To investigate the impact of increasing heat, we toured the northern coast of Spain and trawled the English Channel, speaking with lifelong residents of coastal communities forced to grapple with the transformation of the marine ecosystems they rely on.
It's the kind of sweep that wouldn't be possible without my many talented colleagues. I'm grateful to Simon Jessop, Kate Abnett, Alexandra Zavis and Rachel Armstrong for dragooning me into their platoon.
It's the weekend's feature from Reuters, assembled by a global team of reporters and editors, and based on my analysis of the rising tide of sea-surface temperatures. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/how-europes-intensifying-marine-heatwaves-threaten-its-fisheries-2026-09-26/
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