Marine heatwaves are threatening ecosystems
Marine heatwaves can irreversibly damage ecosystems and, therefore, also present a threat to fishing. Thomas Frölicher (University of Bern), C2SM community members Erich Fischer (IAC/ETH) and C2SM Chair 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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Nature News: external page Climate change has doubled the frequency of ocean heatwaves
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Personal Homepage of Dr. Erich Fischer
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Thomas L. Frölicher, Erich M. Fischer, Nicolas Gruber, Marine heatwaves under global warming. Nature 560, 360-364 (2018). external page DOI: 10.1038/s41586-018-0383-9.