Sentences with phrase «for marine heat waves»

As our guest Eric Oliver told us, there is no global monitoring system for marine heat waves.

Not exact matches

For instance, a 2016 marine heat wave killed 30 percent of coral in the Great Barrier Reef, a study published online April 18 in Nature reports.

Typically, scientists define a marine heat wave as at least five consecutive days of unusually high temperatures for a particular ocean region or season.

And so we can expect these trends [in sea surface temperature increases and marine heat waves] to continue, regardless of what we do, at least for the near future.»

We need a marine heat wave warning system for the sub-tropics, as provided for the tropics by NOAA's Coral Reef Watch.