Abstract
Climate change is one of the major challenge for Earth Systems in this century. Since the
 Industrial revolution, energy demands of countries has been rapidly increased which also causes
 an accelerated burning fossil fuels and increased greenhouse gases emission (GHG) into the
 atmosphere. Sea surface temperature (SST) is a pointer of the water temperature, which mainly
 related to sea surface layer and also plays an important role for keeping the energy balance
 between atmosphere and marine ecosystems. Various studies show that surface temperature of
 the inner seas surface temperature is affected by anthropogenic climate change. Gulf of
 Iskenderun is located in the southeast Mediterranean region of Turkey. The Gulf is important
 mainly for its industrial facilities and thermal power stations of Turkey. Due to the Suez Canal
 and strait of Gibraltar the gulf has also very important meaning for migration of the alien species
 into the Mediterranean Sea. To investigate the sea surface temperature (SST) change in the Gulf
 of Iskenderun over the period of 1982-2015 we used remote sensed data, which have 4x4 km
 high spatial and daily temporal resolution. This data collected from Copernicus Marine Services
 which based on satellites Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) Pathfinder
 Version 5.2 (PFV52). In the study period, the highest SST is determined in a JJA (June-JulyAugust)
 season. The warmest region was the north is part of the bay. The SST change about 1.5º
 C in the study period.
Highlights
Climate change is one of the major challenges for Earth Systems in this century
Since the Industrial revolution, burning of fossil fuels for energy demand of the countries has been rapidly increased, and that causes a rapid increase in greenhouse gases emission (GHG) into the atmosphere
The sea and ocean surface layers play an important role in keeping the balance between atmosphere and marine ecosystems
Summary
Since the Industrial revolution, burning of fossil fuels for energy demand of the countries has been rapidly increased, and that causes a rapid increase in greenhouse gases emission (GHG) into the atmosphere. Increasing GHG emissions leads to change of on terrestrial and marine ecosystem process at global and regional scale. Various studies show that the CO2 increase cause an increase in ocean surface temperature (Nagelkerken et al, 2015). The sea and ocean surface layers play an important role in keeping the balance between atmosphere and marine ecosystems. The Mediterranean Sea is a semi-enclosed sea and it was highly considered the first change of temperature because of global warming (Béthoux et al, 1990). The sea owing to transition zones between tropical and mid-latitude climates variations, making it susceptible to effects of global climate change (Gogou et al, 2016)
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