Infographic: Warmer Water

Infographic: Warmer Water

Left: The sun shining on the ocean with fish swimming in the water column and an icon of a thermometer. Right: A dashed line indicates the Gulf Stream flowing up the eastern coast of North American with the Scotian Shelf and deep canyons of the Gulf of St. Lawrence highlighted.

Climate change-driven rise in air temperature is leading to warmer sea-surface waters in the Atlantic Ocean ecosystems.

Greater influence of Gulf stream water is leading to record high deep-water temperatures on the Scotian Shelf and in the deep channels of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

• Gulf of St. Lawrence
• Scotian Shelf
• Gulf Stream Current