A global overview of marine heatwaves in a changing climate

A Capotondi, RR Rodrigues, A Sen Gupta… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Marine heatwaves have profoundly impacted marine ecosystems over large areas of the
world oceans, calling for improved understanding of their dynamics and predictability. Here …

Hidden heatwaves and severe coral bleaching linked to mesoscale eddies and thermocline dynamics

ASJ Wyatt, JJ Leichter, L Washburn, L Kui… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The severity of marine heatwaves (MHWs) that are increasingly impacting ocean
ecosystems, including vulnerable coral reefs, has primarily been assessed using remotely …

The ocean losing its breath under the heatwaves

C Li, J Huang, X Liu, L Ding, Y He, Y **e - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
The world's oceans are under threat from the prevalence of heatwaves caused by climate
change. Despite this, there is a lack of understanding regarding their impact on seawater …

Marine heat waves: Characterizing a major climate impact in the Mediterranean

F Pastor, S Khodayar - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Marine heat waves (MHW), considered as persistent and spatially extensive sea surface
temperature (SST) anomalies, have emerged as one of the global change-induced high …

Local drivers of marine heatwaves: a global analysis with an earth system model

L Vogt, FA Burger, SM Griffies, TL Frölicher - Frontiers in climate, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Marine heatwaves (MHWs) are periods of extreme warm ocean temperatures that can have
devastating impacts on marine organisms and socio-economic systems. Despite recent …

Common occurrences of subsurface heatwaves and cold spells in ocean eddies

Q He, W Zhan, M Feng, Y Gong, S Cai, H Zhan - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Extreme ocean temperature events are becoming increasingly common due to global
warming, causing catastrophic ecological and socioeconomic impacts,,,–. Despite extensive …

Shifting responses of phytoplankton to atmospheric and oceanic forcing in a prolonged marine heatwave

W Zhan, Y Zhang, Q He, H Zhan - Limnology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Marine heatwaves are becoming a severe challenge for marine ecosystems. However,
current understanding of their impacts on phytoplankton, especially biomass and community …

Global supply chains amplify economic costs of future extreme heat risk

Y Sun, S Zhu, D Wang, J Duan, H Lu, H Yin, C Tan… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Evidence shows a continuing increase in the frequency and severity of global heatwaves,,
raising concerns about the future impacts of climate change and the associated …

Large potential impacts of marine heatwaves on ecosystem functioning

V Guibourd de Luzinais, D Gascuel… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Ocean warming is driving significant changes in the structure and functioning of marine
ecosystems, shifting species' biogeography and phenology, changing body size and …

Interactions between cold cyclonic eddies and a western boundary current modulate marine heatwaves

J Li, M Roughan, M Hemming - Communications Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Marine heatwaves are known to cause severe ecosystem damage and therefore have
received attention in recent years. However, the focus has tended to be on global (surface) …