Marine heatwaves

ECJ Oliver, JA Benthuysen, S Darmaraki… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Ocean temperature variability is a fundamental component of the Earth's climate system, and
extremes in this variability affect the health of marine ecosystems around the world. The …

Atmospheric blocking and weather extremes over the Euro-Atlantic sector–a review

LA Kautz, O Martius, S Pfahl, JG Pinto… - Weather and Climate …, 2021 - wcd.copernicus.org
The physical understanding and timely prediction of extreme weather events are of
enormous importance to society due to their associated impacts. In this article, we highlight …

Drivers and impacts of the most extreme marine heatwave events

A Sen Gupta, M Thomsen, JA Benthuysen… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Prolonged high-temperature extreme events in the ocean, marine heatwaves, can have
severe and long-lasting impacts on marine ecosystems, fisheries and associated services …

Kee** pace with marine heatwaves

NJ Holbrook, A Sen Gupta, ECJ Oliver… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020 - nature.com
Marine heatwaves (MHWs) are prolonged extreme oceanic warm water events. They can
have devastating impacts on marine ecosystems—for example, causing mass coral …

Vertical structures of marine heatwaves

Y Zhang, Y Du, M Feng, AJ Hobday - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
A marine heatwave (MHW) is typically defined as an anomalous warm event in the surface
ocean, with wide-ranging impacts on marine and socio-economic systems. The surface …

Future evolution of marine heatwaves in the Mediterranean Sea

S Darmaraki, S Somot, F Sevault, P Nabat… - Climate Dynamics, 2019 - Springer
Extreme ocean warming events, known as marine heatwaves (MHWs), have been observed
to perturb significantly marine ecosystems and fisheries around the world. Here, we propose …

State-of-the-art global models underestimate impacts from climate extremes

J Schewe, SN Gosling, C Reyer, F Zhao, P Ciais… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Global impact models represent process-level understanding of how natural and human
systems may be affected by climate change. Their projections are used in integrated …

The rise and fall of the “marine heat wave” off Western Australia during the summer of 2010/2011

AF Pearce, M Feng - Journal of Marine Systems, 2013 - Elsevier
Record high ocean temperatures were experienced along the Western Australian coast
during the austral summer of 2010/2011. Satellite-derived sea surface temperature (SST) …

The unprecedented coupled ocean-atmosphere summer heatwave in the New Zealand region 2017/18: drivers, mechanisms and impacts

MJ Salinger, J Renwick, E Behrens… - Environmental …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract During austral summer (DJF) 2017/18, the New Zealand region experienced an
unprecedented coupled ocean-atmosphere heatwave, covering an area of 4 million km 2 …

Sub-regional marine heat waves in the Mediterranean Sea from observations: long-term surface changes, sub-surface and coastal responses

M Juza, À Fernández-Mora, J Tintoré - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Society is facing climate-related challenges and impacts, such as marine heat wave (MHW)
events that adversely affect ecosystems, threaten economies and strengthen storms by …