Sentences with phrase «higher ocean temperatures»

In addition to the Asia heat wave, those events were the record global heat in 2016 and the growth and persistence of a large swath of high ocean temperatures, nicknamed «the Blob,» in the Bering Sea off the coast of Alaska.

La Nina conditions can cause high ocean temperatures in the western Pacific.

Corals across the globe are experiencing widespread bleaching from high ocean temperatures, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration states in its latest Coral Watch Report.

A severe coral bleaching event spurred by high ocean temperatures has struck the Great Barrier Reef for an unprecedented second time in 12 months, reveal aerial surveys released April 10 by scientists at James Cook University in Townsville, Australia.

The recent NASA satellite images shown below reveal astoundingly anomalous sea surface ice formation patterns taking place in various regions of the Arctic (in spite of record high ocean temperatures).

Climate models show the absence of a global atmospheric circulation pattern which bolsters high ocean temperatures key to coral bleaching

High ocean temperatures during winter months then likely accelerated sea - louse development, enabling populations to grow quickly and reach higher numbers than they would under normal ocean temperatures.

NOAA scientists believe high ocean temperatures have been the primary cause of the widespread bleaching seen in the Northern Hemisphere since last year.

After record - setting high ocean temperatures caused one of the largest global coral - bleaching events ever, the microscope was used off the coast of Maui to reveal the unseen damage algae can do.

The correlation between high ocean temperature and coral bleaching is undeniable.

About 93 percent of corals in Great Barrier Reef are now experiencing some form of bleaching due to unusually high ocean temperatures that are linked to global warming as well.

Because the atmosphere has responded in a very strong and coherent way to these extremely high ocean temperatures already, there is presently very high confidence that El Niño will persist through the coming autumn and winter months, and continue to strengthen through at least November.

Massive coral bleaching in Indonesia (08/16/2010) A large - scale bleaching event due to high ocean temperatures appears to be underway off the coast of Sumatra, an Indonesian island, reports the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).

Halifax - While Nova Scotia, Canada was digging out from a spring snowstorm this week, about 200 kilometers (124 miles) off the coast, scientists were recording record - high ocean temperatures in deep water that reached 14 degrees Celsius (57 degrees Fahrenheit).

Damage to coral reefs from higher ocean temperatures and ocean acidification caused by higher atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, as well as damage from pollution and sedimentation, are threatening these breeding grounds for fish in tropical and subtropical waters.

The ideal combination of high ocean temperature, soaring humidity and slow prevailing winds created the record - breaking beast

A recent study, published January in Science, found that severe coral bleaching events — which are generally triggered by high ocean temperatures — have already increased in frequency nearly fivefold since the early 1980s (Climatewire, Jan. 5).

«Record high ocean temperatures were experienced along the Western Australian coast during the austral summer of 2010/2011... This heat wave was an unprecedented thermal event in Western Australian waters, superimposed on an underlying long - term temperature rise.»

High ocean temperatures and poor timing of parasite management likely led to an epidemic of sea lice in 2015 throughout salmon farms in British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Strait, a University of Toronto - led study has found.

Hotter air on the Earth's surface leads to higher ocean temperatures, which causes ocean expansion and sea level rise;

The report also included some types of events that didn't appear in the first three, including wildfires, tropical cyclones and high ocean temperatures.

High ocean temperatures have dragged on since 2014.

The scientists, from Penn State University and elsewhere, have produced new evidence that some algae that live in partnership with corals are resilient to higher ocean temperatures.

[2] This was seen most prominently in 2015's record - setting drought, loss of snowpack (lowest on record at 89 percent below average), and record - high ocean temperatures that led to a harmful algal bloom of unprecedented magnitude stretching along the West Coast.

In a warming climate, higher ocean temperatures can power more intense storm events and the warmer atmosphere has the capacity to store more water, so rainstorms are more intense.

In 2005, high ocean temperatures in the tropical Atlantic and Caribbean resulted in the most severe bleaching event ever recorded in the basin.

One of the most visible impacts of higher ocean temperatures is coral bleaching.

Higher ocean temperatures from global warming have been proposed, but in 2014, she and colleagues published a paper in Geophysical Research Letters in which they suggested that Haiyan formed during a hiatus in warming.

First, simply having a higher ocean temperature will naturally intensify storms and hurricanes, which feed on warm air and water as they intensify.