Report: Ocean Temperatures Hit Record Levels in July
Is this an unprecedented climate catastrophe or are scientists manipulating the data?
Above: Aerial view of Kastrosikia beach in the municipality of Preveza, Greece, on Aug. 9. Image credit: Vlasov Sulaj/NurPhoto/Getty Images
The Spin
Climate-concerned narrative
Ocean temperatures matching the 2023 all-time high aren't a coincidence; they're a compounding disaster where every time the ocean reaches that ceiling, the land-based damage gets worse. Western Europe is living through a climate catastrophe — three straight months of record heat, over 500,000 hectares burned, and major rivers running dry reveal a continent under siege.
Climate-skeptic narrative
Blaming record ocean heat on a single year's CO2 emissions is textbook energy accounting abuse. The observed 23 zettajoule increase already reflects ENSO shifts, internal variability and decades of accumulated forcing — not 2025 emissions, which could account for under 1 zettajoule at most.