Record-breaking persistence of the 2022/23 marine heatwave in the Mediterranean Sea

S Marullo, F Serva, R Iacono… - Environmental …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract Since May 2022, the Mediterranean Sea has been experiencing an exceptionally
long marine heatwave event. Warm anomalies, mainly occurring in the Western basin, have …

Marine protected areas promote stability of reef fish communities under climate warming

L Benedetti-Cecchi, AE Bates, G Strona… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Protection from direct human impacts can safeguard marine life, yet ocean warming crosses
marine protected area boundaries. Here, we test whether protection offers resilience to …

Marine Heatwaves in the Mediterranean Sea: A Literature Review

S DARMARAKI, D DENAXA… - Mediterranean …, 2024 - ejournals.epublishing.ekt.gr
Marine heatwaves (MHWs) are prolonged periods of exceptionally warm temperatures in the
ocean, which have forced profound transformations in marine biodiversity and socio …

Observations in the Spanish Mediterranean Waters: A Review and Update of Results of 30-Year Monitoring

M Vargas-Yáñez, F Moya, M Serra, M Juza… - Journal of Marine …, 2023 - mdpi.com
The Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO, Spanish Institute of Oceanography) has
maintained different monitoring programs in the Spanish Mediterranean waters (Western …

[HTML][HTML] The heatwave of summer 2022 in the North-Western Mediterranean Sea: Some species were winners

CF Boudouresque, P Astruch, S André, B Belloni… - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
The warming trend of the Mediterranean Sea is a long-term process. It has resulted in a
northwards and westwards range expansion and abundance increase of thermophilic …

Assessing marine heat waves in the Mediterranean Sea: a comparison of fixed and moving baseline methods

P Rosselló, A Pascual, V Combes - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The study of marine heat waves as extreme temperature events has a wide range of
applications, from a gauge for ecological and socioeconomic impact to a climate change …

[HTML][HTML] The interplay between medicanes and the Mediterranean Sea in the presence of sea surface temperature anomalies

B Jangir, AK Mishra, E Strobach - Atmospheric Research, 2024 - Elsevier
This study examined three Mediterranean Sea cyclones classified as medicanes: Zorbas,
Ianos, and Apollo. All three cyclones traversed warm-core eddies during their propagation …

Influence of boreal summer monsoon intraseasonal oscillations on the occurrences of Marine Heatwave events over the North Bay of Bengal

M Mandal, G Konda, N Krishna Vissa, JS Chowdary - Climate Dynamics, 2024 - Springer
In the present study, the properties of Marine Heatwave (MHW) events over the North Bay of
Bengal (BoB) are investigated during the boreal summer monsoon season. In recent …

[HTML][HTML] Predictability of marine heatwaves: assessment based on the ECMWF seasonal forecast system

E de Boisséson, MA Balmaseda - Ocean Science, 2024 - os.copernicus.org
Marine heatwaves (MHWs), defined as prolonged period of extremely warm sea surface
temperature (SST), have been receiving a lot of attention in the past decade as their …

Scale‐dependent drivers of marine heatwaves globally

C Bian, Z Jing, H Wang, L Wu - Geophysical Research Letters, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Marine heatwaves (MHWs) are prolonged extreme warm water events, threatening marine
ecosystems. Understanding drivers of MHWs over the global ocean is essential for their …