Anchor i am in washington and this is bbc world news america. The worlds oceans hottest ever recorded, having major implications for the planet. Two u. S. Sailors arrested for allegedly sharing secrets with one of the countrys Largest Naval competitors. Countrs have provided ukraine billions of dollars in weaponry but russia is making problems for ukrainian troops. Anchor welcome to bbc world news america. We begin with a dire warning about Climate Change. Scientists say the average surface temperature of the worlds oceans has had a record high just under 21 celsius or nearly 70 Darren Heitner in august or nearly 70 degrees fahrenheit in august. Our climate editor reports. Correspondent they have been taking mearements of temperatures here in plymouth for more than a century and for the last 50 or so years, they have showed a slow but steady increase, up a third of the degree in a decade. [indiscernible] something around 18 or 19. Correspondent it has been a similar pattern globally, r
Or nearly 70 fahrenheit, in august thats far above the average for this time of year and researchers say it could have serious consequences for the global environment. Our Climate Editor Justin Rowlatt reports. Iv e ive been taking measurements of Ocean Temperatures here in plymouth for more than a century and for the last 50 or so years, theyve shown a slow but steady increase, up about one third of the degree a decade. Have we got a reading for today yet, do you know . I heard them Say Something around 18 or 19. Wow its about four Degrees Higher than it should be. One of the most dramatic heatwaves ever recorded in uk seas hasjust subsided, part of a global trend of warming waters. 20. 96 c, the highest Global Average sea temperature ever recorded. The worlds warming waters are a dangerous trend, say experts. Waters are a dangerous trend, say experts say experts. Peoples perspective say experts. Peoples perspective is say experts. Peoples perspective is the say experts. Peoples persp
Pattern globally. Rising Sea Temperatures and increasing numbers of Marine Heatwaves. And it has just reached a new peak, 20. 96 degrees celsius, the highest Global Average sea temperature ever recorded. The worlds warming waters are a dangerous trend, say experts. Peoples perspective is that the ocean is so big, so vast, that it can buffer anything that humanity can throw at it. And the reality is thats not the case. Everything has its niche within the ocean, and its incredibly easy to to break that niche and influence it and upset it. Take plankton. These tiny plants and animals are crucial to life on the planet. Theyre the basis of the entire Marine Food Chain and produce half the oxygen in our atmosphere. So, every other breath you take. And they are sensitive to heat. Many species have been migrating north as the worlds oceans warm. Personally, im really concerned. The heatwaves that were experiencing on land and the Marine Heatwaves that were seeing are happening in unusual locat
Lets stop the length of that sentence, the prosecutors had been pushing for 20 years, we think it is 19 but there has been a little bit of doubt about that. Lets start with the length of that sentence. Yes, the trial was held at a makeshift courtroom at a prison about 850 mild east of moscow in a Village Cold Melekhovo where Alexei Navalny is serving a previous nine year sentence. The trial on Extremism Charges was held Behind Closed Doors and journalists who arrived at that Detention Facility were able to follow proceedings when the judge were able to follow proceedings when thejudge read out the were able to follow proceedings when the judge read out the verdict from a different room via a video link, but the sound quality was so poor that they had difficulty understanding what the actual sentence was. But now the consensus among those journalists seems to be at is 19 years. This is the latest sentence and it may not be Alexei Navalny s last. His defence team says that they have hear