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High Pacific surface temperatures fuel record warm year

Unusually hot seas lead to more rain, causing flooding in many parts of the world

Sea surface temperatures remained unusually high across many regions in the Pacific Ocean in November, leaving the world on course for a record warm year, the European Earth observation agency said.

The month of November was the second-warmest on record on land and at sea, with air temperatures at 1.62C above pre-industrial levels, data from Copernicus showed. The average sea surface temperature for the month was 20.58C.

This produced more rainfall than normal in many parts of the world last month, causing flooding, as the warmer air holds more moisture.

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