Here is another article I found to have a good discussion of this story:
101°F in the Ocean Off Florida: Was It a World Record? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/26/climate/florida-100-degree-water.html?smid=nytcore-android-share
This guy is a rock star! I wanna go back to school for astrophysics! If only it paid the bills…
Congrats! I however have only read the abstract and surmised it might be pretty cool. If only there were no paywall…