Ecology of Marine Heatwaves

Understanding the Ecological Impacts

Resources

Garibaldi swim close to purple urching among giant kelp
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For the Marine Heatwave community we like to share these resources:

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The California Current Marine Heatwave Tracker - Blobtracker

Developed by oceanographers from NOAA Fisheries’ Southwest Fisheries Science Center as an experimental tool for natural resource managers, the California Current MHW Tracker is a program designed to understand, describe, and provide a historical context for the 2014-16 blob.2 It also produces a range of indices that could help forecast or predict future MHWs expected to impact our coast.

MHW Tracker

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Marine Heatwaves International Working Group

We are a group of scientists, spanning several continents and fields of study, dedicated to ​understanding marine heatwaves: their physical drivers, climatological properties, and ecological impacts. This page summarises new research from our group and from others.

MHW News

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Marine Heatwaves | NOAA Physical Science Laboratory

Marine heatwaves are periods of persistent anomalously warm ocean temperatures, which can have significant impacts on marine life as well as coastal communities and economies. Scientists at PSL are working to characterize marine heatwaves, understand how they form and dissipate, and predict them in advance.

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The Conversation

Academic rigor, journalistic flair

The Conversation is a nonprofit, independent news organization dedicated to unlocking the knowledge of experts for the public good. We publish trustworthy and informative articles written by academic experts for the general public and edited by our team of journalists.

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