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Off the California coast sits a marine heat wave that has persisted since 2014. Scientists aren't sure whether it's now permanent, or a decades-long blip on the map.
Off the California coast sits a marine heat wave that has persisted since 2014. Scientists aren't sure whether it's now permanent, or a decades-long blip on the map.
This is why studying heat waves is so important.
Yes, save the corals. But warming seas also imperil innumerable plankton, which power the oceanic ecosystem.
With oceans absorbing more than 90 percent of global warming, marine heatwaves are becoming hotter and larger and are lasting longer. Scientists say the trend has major ecological consequences, from altering fish and plant populations to forcing whales into hazardous waters.