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The western Black Sea experienced a persistent, spatially heterogeneous warming of ~2.0–2.5 °C between 2003 and 2024, accompanied by a systematic reorganization toward a more stratified and dynamically variable system. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

June 7, 2026WaterOpen Access

Warming and Reorganization of Sea Surface Temperature Variability in the Western Black Sea: A Multi-Phase Perspective, 2003–2024

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NVNadezhda ValchevaInstitute of Oceanology NVNikolay ValchevInstitute of Oceanology VSVioleta SlabakovaInstitute of Oceanology

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Randomized trial shows warming trends in sea surface temperature, indicating environmental shifts in the Black Sea.

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The study aims to analyze sea surface temperature variability in the western Black Sea from 2003 to 2024.
Analyzed MODIS Aqua nighttime sea surface temperature observations.
Constructed annual mean SST time series for coastal, shelf, and open-sea regions.
Utilized linear regression, ARIMA modelling, segmented regression, and spectral methods.
Overall SST increase of ~2.0–2.5 °C with a trend of 0.64 ± 0.08 °C decade−1.
SST warming is more pronounced in coastal and shelf regions, showing a cross-shelf gradient.
Breakpoints around 2006–2008 and ~2022 indicate shifts in warming intensity.

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Valcheva et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a250ae37def13d035e1afbe https://doi.org/10.3390/w18111377

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Warming and Reorganization of Sea Surface Temperature Variability in the Western Black Sea: A Multi-Phase Perspective, 2003–2024

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