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Waters off New England had 2nd warmest year on record in ’22

Lobsters harvested from the Gulf of Maine sit in a crate at a shipping facility, Nov. 18, 2020, in Arundel, Maine. The waters off New England logged the second-warmest year in their recorded history in 2022, according to researchers. The Gulf of Maine, a body of water about the size of Indiana that touches Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Canada, is warming faster than the vast majority of the world's oceans. Scientists with Gulf of Maine Research Institute say 2022 fell short of setting a new high mark for hottest year in record by less than half a degree Fahrenheit. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File) Lobster fishermen work at sunrise, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, off Kennebunkport, Maine. The waters off New England logged the second-warmest year in their recorded history in 2022, according to researchers. The Gulf of Maine, a body of water about the size of Indiana that touches Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Canada, is warming faster than the vast majority of the world's oceans. Scientists with Gulf of Maine Research Institute say 2022 fell short of setting a new high mark for hottest year in record by less than half a degree Fahrenheit. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
Waters off New England had 2nd warmest year on record in ’22