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 …

Keeping 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 …

A global assessment of marine heatwaves and their drivers

NJ Holbrook, HA Scannell, A Sen Gupta… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Marine heatwaves (MHWs) can cause devastating impacts to marine life. Despite the
serious consequences of MHWs, our understanding of their drivers is largely based on …

A global, multiproduct analysis of coastal marine heatwaves: Distribution, characteristics, and long‐term trends

M Marin, M Feng, HE Phillips… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Major marine heatwave (MHW) events have caused catastrophic impacts on coastal marine
ecosystems. However, to date there has not been a global assessment of MHWs in coastal …

Seasonal to decadal predictions with MIROC6: Description and basic evaluation

T Kataoka, H Tatebe, H Koyama… - Journal of Advances …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The present paper presents results of seasonal‐to‐decadal climate predictions based on a
coupled climate model called the Model for Interdisciplinary Research on Climate version 6 …

Local drivers of extreme upper ocean marine heatwaves assessed using a global ocean circulation model

M Marin, M Feng, NL Bindoff, HE Phillips - Frontiers in Climate, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The growing threat of Marine heatwaves (MHWs) to ecosystems demands that we better
understand their physical drivers. This information can be used to improve the performance …

Multi-year marine cold-spells off the west coast of Australia and effects on fisheries

M Feng, N Caputi, A Chandrapavan, M Chen… - Journal of Marine …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ocean temperature variability off the west coast of Australia is affected by the El Niño
Southern Oscillation from the Pacific, the Indian Ocean Dipole, the Southern Annular Mode …

A catalogue of marine heatwave metrics and trends for the Australian region

JB Kajtar, NJ Holbrook… - Journal of Southern …, 2021 - CSIRO Publishing
Marine heatwaves around Australia, and globally, have been increasing in their frequency,
intensity, and duration. This study reviews and catalogues marine heatwave metrics and …

Unraveling the Formation Mechanism of Exceptionally Strong Marine Heatwaves in the Northeast Pacific in 2020

ZA Ge, L Chen, T Li, M Sun - Journal of Climate, 2023 - journals.ametsoc.org
Throughout 2020, a persistent marine heatwave (MHW) event occurred in the northeast (NE)
Pacific, which exhibited a record-breaking intensity and long duration. Three peaks of sea …

Southern Indian Ocean Dipole as a trigger for central Pacific El Niño since the 2000s

HS Jo, YG Ham, JS Kug, T Li, JH Kim, JG Kim… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Despite decades of effort, predicting the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) since the
2000s has become increasingly challenging. This is due to the weaker coupling between …