SoE2017: Sea Surface Temperature Trends in the Coral Sea

Sea-surface temperatures in the Coral Sea and around northern Australia are about +1°C warmer on average than 100 years ago, with record warmth occurring in 2016. The dataset is provided by the Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation and was last updated in May 2026. It is available in CSV format under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling long-term sea surface temperature trends based on the +1°C average warming cited in the description.
• Analyzing extreme warming events based on the record warmth noted for 2016.
• Studying regional climate change impacts on marine ecosystems in the Coral Sea and northern Australia.

Strengths

• Quantifies a specific warming trend of about +1°C over 100 years.
• Highlights a specific record-warm year (2016).
• Sourced from a government environmental department (Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

[email protected], Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation

Time Range

Covers a period of at least 100 years up to 2016 or later.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-27 14:26:19.815671; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Coral Sea and northern Australia.