**FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**
**Breaking News Report – 14:00 UTC**
**WHAT:** A significant, unexplained temperature anomaly has been detected across the central Atlantic Ocean, prompting an immediate international scientific alert.
**WHO:** The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have issued a joint advisory. Leading oceanographic researchers from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography are coordinating the investigation.
**WHEN:** The anomaly was first recorded by satellite monitoring systems at approximately 02:00 Universal Coordinated Time. Surface readings have continued to fluctuate erratically over the past twelve hours.
**WHERE:** Specific coordinates place the epicenter of the phenomenon approximately 800 nautical miles west of the Azores, within a deep basin region of the North Atlantic Gyre.
**WHY:** Preliminary analysis suggests a sudden, localized discharge of superheated hydrothermal fluids from an uncharted sub-seafloor fissure. However, officials confirm this hypothesis remains unverified. Authorities stress there is no immediate threat of seismic activity or tsunami, but commercial shipping and air traffic have been advised to avoid the designated exclusion zone.
**HOW:** The anomaly was identified via a routine cross-reference of sea surface temperature data from the European Union’s Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite and deep-sea thermocline buoys from the Global Ocean Observing System.
**Context:** The event has been categorized as a rare "Class-5 Oceanic Thermal Event," the first of its kind recorded in this region. A full scientific briefing is scheduled for 18:00 UTC.