“Climate change has made record-breaking heatwaves all the more likely, both on land and beneath the ocean’s surface. As the world’s ocean sucks up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere—as well as most of the additional heat being trapped by global warming—it is undergoing some significant changes.
Marine heatwaves—prolonged periods of unusually warm ocean temperatures—are one of those changes. These extreme temperatures are increasing in frequency around the globe and wreaking havoc on marine ecosystems.”
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Fonte: Phys.org, 11 de setembro de 2019.
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