Sentences with phrase «longest marine heat wave»

Then Mark Eakin, the coordinator of NOAA's Coral Reef Watch reports the latest science: up to half of the Great Barrier Reef of Australia has died in the longest marine heat wave ever seen.

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Over the last century, marine heat waves have become more common and are lasting longer.

Ocean heat waves are happening more frequently and lasting longer, too — a potential major threat to coral reefs and other marine organisms, according to new research.

The scientists, led by Eric Oliver of Dalhousie University in Canada, investigated long - term heat wave trends using a combination of satellite data collected since the 1980s and direct ocean temperature measurements collected throughout the 21st century to construct a nearly 100 - year record of marine heat wave frequency and duration around the world.

So scientists want to understand how corals might fare as climate change brings longer and stronger marine heat waves (SN: 4/10/18, p. 5).

These marine heat waves are coming faster, and lasting longer, as the world warms.

In the early 20th century, the average marine heat wave was about 10 days long (a global average).

Those marine heat waves are popping up more often, in more places, and lasting much longer.