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Map 13 Monitoring Points of Integrated Marine Pollution Monitoring Study (MoEUCC, sim.csb.gov.tr, 2024)

Map 14 Ecological Status Assessment of Coastal Water Bodies in 2021 (MoEUCC, sim.csb.gov.tr, 2023)

C.1.3.5. Sea Water Temperatures
The main source of weather events and air masses in the atmosphere is the oceans and seas. The
most accurate indicator of climate change is the warming and cooling of sea water. The warming
or cooling of seawater changes the ecological structure of the seas, affecting many living things,
as well as closely affecting an important segment that economically benefits from the seas.
According to the data of the General Directorate of Meteorology, although there is a slight upward
trend in the long-term average sea water temperatures in Türkiye, it is not correct to talk about
global warming at this stage.

In order to monitor this process, the General Directorate of Meteorology continues to carry out
sea water temperature measurement studies to cover all our seas in a way to represent all our
coasts. In this way, a higher resolution data source will be available for our seas. In 2023, the ave-

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