On September 25, 2020, a report entitled “High-impact marine heatwaves attributable to human-induced global warming” was published in Science magazine. The report warns that anthropogenic climate change is causing unusually increased ocean temperatures, and the frequency of marine heatwaves has increased more than 10-fold which could have a tremendous impact on the marine ecosystem.

The full article is available at:

Charlotte Laufkötter et al. High-impact marine heatwaves attributable to human-induced global warming https://science.sciencemag.org/content/369/6511/1621

Contributor: IIYAMA Miyuki (Research Strategy Office)