Why Marine Heat Waves and Acidification Strike Together

Why Marine Heat Waves and Acidification Strike Together

Source: AGU Advances Marine heat waves and extreme ocean acidification events are each damaging on their own. But when both stressors hit simultaneously, their individual effects can be exacerbated. That threat may be best exemplified by “the Blob” of 2013–2015, during which both a marine heat wave and an ocean acidification extreme event hit the northeastern Pacific. Fisheries were closed, marine mammals were stranded, seabirds died, and sea cr…

Why marine heat waves and acidification strike together - Ocean Acidification

A chemistry tug-of-war between ocean acidity and carbon in warming oceans determines when and where these damaging events strike. This data visualization shows an intense marine heat wave in the Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean Sea on 13 August 2026. New research examines the relationship between marine heat waves and ocean acidification. Credit: European Union, Copernicus Marine […] The post Why marine heat waves and acidification strike togeth…