Scientists say water temperatures are as much as 3 to 4C above the average for this time of year in some areas.
The Esa data shows sea water around virtually the entire coastline of the British Isles is warmer than usual.
Global sea surface temperatures for both April and May were the highest ever recorded in Met Office data that goes all the way back to 1850. Professor Albert Klein Tank, the head of the Met Office's Hadley climate research centre, does not believe the array of global temperature records signals that the Earth has passed some kind of climate tipping-point.
The current high temperatures are expected to be temporary though; the 1.5C threshold relates to average temperatures over a 20 or 30-year period.Workers in Peru clean up after a storm as a coastal El Niño impacted the coast Saharan dust blocks and reflects some of the sun's energy out of the atmosphere, moderating sea temperatures.
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