Nature Communications (Feb 2018)

Emerging risks from marine heat waves

  • Thomas L. Frölicher,
  • Charlotte Laufkötter

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03163-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 4

Abstract

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Recent marine heat waves have caused devastating impacts on marine ecosystems. Substantial progress in understanding past and future changes in marine heat waves and their risks for marine ecosystems is needed to predict how marine systems, and the goods and services they provide, will evolve in the future.