It’s not yet the height of summer in the Northern Hemisphere and surface temperatures have already shattered records.
What’s more, some scientists say the worst may be yet to come.
“We’re not even at the height of the summer,” said Svenja Ryan, a physical oceanographer at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts. “Typically, the ocean continues to warm until September, so I think certainly we can expect this heat wave to last into the fall.” Feeling out of the loop? We'll catch you up on the Chicago news you need to know. Sign up for the weekly
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