#MarineHeatWaves
Marine heatwaves (MHWs) are periods of unusually warm sea temperatures, recognised as one of the fastest emerging climate-related drivers of change in the ocean.

#UK #MarineHeatWaves #OceanNews #NewPaper #Nature 🦑🧪🌊

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UK marine heatwave research priorities outlined in new national roadmap
University of Plymouth news: Scientists from the University have contributed to new research calling for a coordinated response to the growing...
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January 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
What triggers Mediterranean #MarineHeatwaves?

This year's research found that when high-pressure ridges park overhead and winds drop; with less evaporation, the sea warms fast. This wind-and-ridge combo boosts heatwave odds severalfold and gives a short early-warning window for forecasters.
New Study Uncovers the Trigger Behind Mediterranean Marine Heatwaves
The Mediterranean Sea, renowned for its unique biodiversity and vital economic importance, finds itself increasingly vulnerable to marine heatwaves—a phenomenon characterized by prolonged periods of a
scienmag.com
December 30, 2025 at 3:47 PM
'Caribbean reefs have lost 48% of hard coral since 1980, study finds'
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

'"Destructive" marine heatwaves driving loss of microalgae that feed coral, says Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network'

#ClimateEmergency #NatureEmergency #reefs #CoralReefs #MarineHeatwaves
Caribbean reefs have lost 48% of hard coral since 1980, study finds
‘Destructive’ marine heatwaves driving loss of microalgae that feed coral, says Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 11:23 AM
#MarineHeatwaves can disrupt organism development by altering the time between life stages.

Even moderate but prolonged heat can shift the timing of key life stages, risking failed reproduction and population decline.
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Marine heatwaves impact organism developmental time - Communications Earth & Environment
Marine heatwaves impact organisms’ developmental time, which alters phenology and creates trophic and environmental mismatches, according to a framework examines different scenarios for understanding ...
www.nature.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
🆕New on the EGU Climate Blog

🌡️🌊The North Sea Is Heating Up: What Marine Heatwaves Tell Us About Climate Change by Mohamed Bayoumy. blogs.egu.eu/divisions/cl...

Recent work shows accelerated warming in the North Sea and more frequent marine heatwaves.

#Climate #MarineHeatwaves #EGU
The North Sea Is Heating Up: What Marine Heatwaves Tell Us About Climate Change?
As scientists, we are acutely aware that our planet’s climate is changing, but the speed and severity of these changes can still surprise us. As global temperatures rise, certain regions become hotspo...
blogs.egu.eu
November 5, 2025 at 9:56 AM
The record North Sea heatwave of June 2023 was unprecedented but no longer unexpected.

Climate-driven warming has made such extreme marine events up to 10 times more likely. #MarineHeatwaves
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https://scienmag.com/unprecedented-european-marine-heatwaves-expected-yet-alarming/
Unprecedented European Marine Heatwaves: Expected Yet Alarming
Recent research published in Communications Earth & Environment has shed light on the alarming trend of marine heatwaves across Europe. The study, conducted by researchers Atkins, Scaife, Graham,
scienmag.com
October 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Marine heatwaves in the subarctic Pacific disrupt plankton communities and weaken deep carbon storage.

Warmer, more stratified conditions trap organic particles in mid-depth waters, shifting food webs and reducing the ocean’s ability to sequester carbon over time. #MarineHeatwaves
Ocean heatwaves are breaking Earth’s hidden climate engine
Marine heatwaves can jam the ocean’s natural carbon conveyor belt, preventing carbon from reaching the deep sea. Researchers studying two major heatwaves in the Gulf of Alaska found that plankton shif...
www.sciencedaily.com
October 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
🔥 Storms, marine heatwaves, extreme winds and heavy rainfall are intensifying.

📊 This study analyzes 30 years of data to assess how these events impact 18 penguin species.

#MarineHeatwaves #ExtremeEvents #Seabirds
October 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
🌊 Last week @justino.info from ICATMAR took part in the Marine Heat Waves from Space: from detection to prediction workshop at the @esa.int Science Hub.

An inspiring exchange on improving the monitoring and prediction of #MarineHeatWaves to better understand and protect ocean health.
October 23, 2025 at 10:13 AM
🌊 Marine heatwaves in the NE Pacific disrupt carbon cycling: small particles accumulate in mid-depths, slowing carbon export. 2015 & 2019 events show major shifts in plankton & food webs. Long-term data is key to tracking these changes.
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#MarineHeatwaves #CarbonCycle
Marine heatwaves modulate food webs and carbon transport processes
Nature Communications - A decade of BGC-Argo and plankton records shows North Pacific heatwaves reshape food webs and trap small particles in midwater, slowing deep-ocean carbon export. Impacts...
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October 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
"This is certainly a very bad sign for the health of our planet and our ocean, and one likely to worsen unless we make significant strides to cut emissions.”

PML's Professor Ana Queirós on #MarineHeatwaves, featured in The Guardian (@theguardian.com) today: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
October 7, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Alongside this work, they collaborate with their C-CoMP B2P cohort to study how ocean extremes (#marineheatwaves 🌡️), impact phytoplankton ecosystem dynamics through satellite observations 🦠🛰️.
September 29, 2025 at 3:33 PM
18-Sep-2025
#clownfish and #anemones are disappearing because of #climatechange
A new study led by Boston University biologists reveals that #MarineHeatWaves are threatening the future of the fish made famous by #findingnemo

http://eurekalert.org/news-releases/1098903

#science #ecology […]
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September 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Summer heatwaves pose a greater threat than winter cold spells for an African temperate whelk. Finally getting some of our extreme thermal event work out!

Great work @sjackland.bsky.social

#marineheatwaves

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
A temperate whelk overcomes winter cold spells but not summer heatwaves
Climate change has increased the frequency, intensity, and duration of extreme thermal events. Our understanding of how marine heatwaves (MHWs) and marine cold spells (MCSs) affect coastal species ...
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September 16, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Should we worry about #MarineHeatwaves on the seafloor? 🌊

Catherine Early shares👇
Should we worry about marine heatwaves on the seafloor?
Why do marine heatwaves on the seafloor need to be considered separately to those affecting the surface of the ocean?
www.yourweather.co.uk
August 29, 2025 at 11:02 AM
#Marineheatwaves are a stress test for the future as well because what we see today in a heatwave is what we’ll experience every day in 20 years time.
Always something to look forward to with #climatechange #algalbloom Come summer it could get nasty here in SA No beach trips No desalination #auspol
August 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
PML's Dr Robert Wilson's new study has made headlines, which reveals #MarineHeatwaves on the seafloor could be more than 50% more frequent in future than at the surface of the ocean during summer months, a concerning prospect for bottom-dwelling species that cannot escape the rising temperatures.
August 24, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Thank you @davemilbo.bsky.social #SundayShot for the honks in support as you drove past our weekly citizens protest at the allegedly pro-environment Josh Burns' office

#WoodCIDE #DeathDealers #NorthWestShelfExtension #MarineHeatwaves #MassCoralBleaching #MassFishkills #Murujuga #ScottReef
Fri 22 Aug: week 13 protesting Woodside's North West Shelf Extension by Labor

Melbourne Climate Choir performs a lovely song denouncing WoodCIDE's insatiable greed that cares naught for #ClimateBreakdown & destruction of our coral reefs🪸

Meantime, Macnamara Labor MP Josh Burns twiddles his thumbs
August 23, 2025 at 11:03 PM