Topic: marine heatwaves
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How Corals Survived Past Climate Change in the Deep
The 2023 marine heat wave caused functional extinction of two key reef-building coral species in the Florida Reef, drastically reducing populations to levels where natural recovery is highly improbable. Corals face accelerated climate change that outpaces their historical recovery patterns, with ...
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Alaskans lose ocean monitoring network as NSF ends program
The National Science Foundation's decision to decommission the Ocean Observatories Initiative, a $368 million deep-ocean monitoring network, will blind scientists and fishery managers in Alaska, which produces more seafood than any other state and is warming at twice the global average. The loss ...
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