{"id":70867,"date":"2026-04-04T09:09:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T14:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/04\/record-high-ocean-temperatures-off-southern-california-raise-fears-of-prolonged-marine-heatwave\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T09:09:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T14:09:04","slug":"record-high-ocean-temperatures-off-southern-california-raise-fears-of-prolonged-marine-heatwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/04\/record-high-ocean-temperatures-off-southern-california-raise-fears-of-prolonged-marine-heatwave\/","title":{"rendered":"Record high ocean temperatures off southern California raise fears of prolonged marine heatwave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers warn the high-pressure conditions could disrupt marine life and ecosystems if it continues<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\">Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more than a century, shoreline stations operated by the <a href=\"https:\/\/shorestations.ucsd.edu\/\">Scripps Institution of Oceanography<\/a> have measured water temperatures along the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/california\">California<\/a> coast. This year, they are flashing a warning sign.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last three months, several stations have repeatedly posted record-breaking daily high temperatures \u2013 with the <a href=\"https:\/\/shorestations.ucsd.edu\/about\/scripps-pier\/\">La Jolla station<\/a> registering temperatures a full 10F above historical average at one point last month.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/apr\/04\/high-ocean-temperatures-california-marine-heatwave\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Researchers warn the high-pressure conditions could disrupt marine life and ecosystems if it continues Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox For more than a century, shoreline stations operated by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography have measured water temperatures along the California coast. This year, they are &#8230; <a title=\"Record high ocean temperatures off southern California raise fears of prolonged marine heatwave\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/04\/record-high-ocean-temperatures-off-southern-california-raise-fears-of-prolonged-marine-heatwave\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Record high ocean temperatures off southern California raise fears of prolonged marine heatwave\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70867"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70867\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}