This interactive model created by the University of Maine shows a much higher sea surface temperatures, compared to any other year.

Hang on to your butts people. Scientists still can’t agree if a BOE (Blue Ocean Event) will come in our lifetime, but things do not look promising.

To see a real-time global map of sea surface temperatures, go to earth.nullschool.net and select Ocean - SST, or Ocean - SSTA for a map of sea surface temperature anomalies.