Gulf of Maine is having 3rd warmest year on record

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The Gulf of Maine is in the midst of its third-warmest year on record in a development that could further harm marine life.
The gulf is warming faster than most of the world’s oceans in a well-documented phenomenon . The Portland Press Herald now reports surface temperatures in 2018 are running nearly 3 degrees Fahrenheit above normal.
Gulf of Maine Research Institute chief scientific officer Andrew Pershing says that level of warming was exceeded only in 2012