The Met Office has reported an extreme marine heatwave in the coastal waters of the United Kingdom, where sea surface temperatures are significantly higher than historical averages.

英國氣象局報告指出，英國沿海海域出現了極端海洋熱浪，海面溫度顯著高於歷史平均值。

This increase in temperature is caused by a combination of long-term human-induced climate change and recent weather patterns. Specifically, 'heat domes' during May and June transferred heat from the atmosphere to the ocean. Because the English Channel and the southern North Sea are shallow, this process was intensified, leading to temperatures 4-5°C above normal. Furthermore, the Copernicus Climate Change Service noted that global sea temperatures have broken previous records, a trend strengthened by a powerful El Niño cycle.

溫度的升高是由於長期人為引起的氣候變遷與近期天氣模式共同造成的。具體來說，五月和六月期間的「熱穹頂」將大氣層的熱量傳遞至海洋。由於英吉利海峽和北海南部水淺，這一過程被強化，導致溫度比正常高出 4-5°C。此外，哥白尼氣候變遷服務局指出，全球海水溫度打破了之前的紀錄，而強大的聖嬰現象週期強化了這一趨勢。

Experts from the National Oceanography Centre and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory emphasize that these changes will have serious ecological effects. For instance, seagrasses and kelp forests are under heat stress, which could lead to large-scale deaths of these plants. Additionally, marine species are moving; cold-water fish like cod are migrating north, while warm-water species, such as the octopus, are appearing in south-west England. Although this has created new business opportunities for the fishing industry, it also introduces risks, such as the loss of native species and the arrival of new diseases.

國家海洋中心與普利茅斯海洋實驗室的專家強調，這些變化將會產生嚴重的生態影響。例如，海草與海藻林正承受熱壓力，可能導致這些植物大規模死亡。此外，海洋物種正在遷移；如鱈魚等冷水魚正向北遷移，而章魚等暖水物種則出現在英格蘭西南部。雖然這為漁業創造了新的商業機會，但同時也引入了風險，例如本土物種的流失以及新疾病的傳入。

UK marine environments are currently under severe heat stress, which is causing ecological instability and changing the types of species found in these waters.

英國海洋環境目前正承受嚴重的熱壓力，導致生態不穩定，並改變了這些海域中發現的物種類型。