Marine heatwaves are threatening ecosystems
Marine heatwaves can irreversibly damage ecosystems and, therefore, also present a threat to fishing. Thomas Frölicher (University of Bern), Erich Fischer (IAC/ETH) and Nicolas Gruber (IBP/ETH) showed in a study just published in the journal Nature that the number of marine heatwaves has increased dramatically in past decades. This trend will further intensify as a result of climate change.
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Urs Beyerle
More Information
- D-USYS News: Marine heatwaves are threatening ecosystems
- Nature News: external pageClimate change has doubled the frequency of ocean heatwavescall_made
- The New York Times: external pageNot Just Land Heat Waves: Oceans Are in Hot Water, Toocall_made
- Personal Homepage of Dr. Erich Fischer
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- D-USYS News: Hitzewellen im Meer bedrohen Oekosysteme
- Tages Anzeiger: external pageHitzewellen im Meer bedrohen Ökosystemecall_made
Reference
Thomas L. Frölicher, Erich M. Fischer, Nicolas Gruber, Marine heatwaves under global warming. Nature 560, 360-364 (2018). DOI: external page10.1038/s41586-018-0383-9call_made.