A new report from the Gulf of Maine Research Institute says that the body of water is dramatically warming up.

According to the Bangor Daily News, the waters of the Gulf of Maine hit record high monthly temperatures in March and April, with the water in both months being more than 3 degrees warmer than the 40-year average. This past spring’s waters were also the second warmest in a 40-year dataset.

The institute’s Dave Reidmiller says that this is a result of human based climate change affecting the Gulf Stream and Labrador Current. The Labrador Current is a current starting in the Arctic Ocean and travels south across the Canadian coast. The Gulf Stream is a current coming from the Gulf of Mexico, and travels up the eastern seaboard of the U.S.

However, due to climate change, less cold water is coming from the Labrador Current, and more warm water is coming from the Gulf Stream.

“It’s basically like the cold-water faucet in your bathtub all of a sudden is just releasing a little bit more warm water,” Reidmiller says. “On top of that, you’ve got the hot water faucet that’s increasing the amount of water coming into the region as well.”

To read the full report from the Gulf of Maine Research Institute, click here.

To read the original Bangor Daily News article, click here.