Marine heatwaves don't just hit coral reefs. They can cause chaos on the seafloor
- Written by Amandine Schaeffer, Senior lecturer, UNSW Sydney
ShutterstockMost of us know what a heatwave feels like on land – sweltering heat for days. But oceans get heatwaves too. When water temperature goes over a seasonal threshold for five days or more, that’s a marine heatwave. They do their worst damage in summer, when the ocean is already at its warmest, but they can occur any time...
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