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NOAA CO-OPS

World Data Ocean keeps NOAA CO-OPS in one place: one story so far. The section currently leads with “Coastal Water Temperatures Reveal Seasonal Shifts and Emerging Trends.”. Coastal waters are where the ocean meets the land, and they are changing in measurable ways. A Global Hub for Ocean Intelligence 4 World Data Ocean is a centralized digital platform where researchers, scientists, and ocean enthusiasts converge to… The list below is every NOAA CO-OPS story on World Data Ocean, newest first.

Coastal Water Temperatures Reveal Seasonal Shifts and Emerging Trends.
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Coastal Water Temperatures Reveal Seasonal Shifts and Emerging Trends.

Coastal waters are where the ocean meets the land, and they are changing in measurable ways. A new quality-controlled dataset from NOAA's CO-OPS stations, spanning 90 sites from the mid-1990s to 2023, reveals that seasonal cycles track solar heating closely, yet peak temperatures lag air by days or weeks. Most stations show warming trends averaging nearly 0.5°C per decade, with the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast leading. This local data matters, especially when comparing to broader datasets like those in our piece on integrated subsea cables.