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Marine cold-spells

Characterising ocean temperature variability and extremes is fundamental for understanding the thermal bounds in which marine ecosystems have adapted. While there is growing evidence of how marine heatwaves threaten marine ecosystems, prolonged …

What and where? Predicting invasion hotspots in the Arctic marine realm

The risk of aquatic invasions in the Arctic is expected to increase with climate warming, greater shipping activity and resource exploitation in the region. Planktonic and benthic marine aquatic invasive species (AIS) with the greatest potential for …

Detecting Marine Heatwaves With Sub-Optimal Data

Marine heatwaves (MHWs), or prolonged periods of anomalously warm sea water temperature, have been increasing in duration and intensity globally for decades. However, there are many coastal, oceanic, polar, and sub-surface regions where our ability …

heatwaveR

An R package for the detection of heatwaves and cold-spells.

coastR

An R package with useful functions for coastal oceanography.

Detecting marine heatwaves with sub-optimal data

Research conducted on how sub-optimal a time series may be and still produce comparable marine heatwaves to an optimal time series.

Marine Heatwave Tracker: The app to see when and where marine heatwaves are happening around the world

The Marine Heatwave Tracker software provides all of the tools necessary to download, process, and visualise marine heatwaves (MHWs) globally. This web application may be set up to show the occurrence of MHWs around the world in near-real-time …

heatwaveR: A central algorithm for the detection of heatwaves and cold-spells

Predominant Atmospheric and Oceanic Patterns during Coastal Marine Heatwaves

As the mean temperatures of the worlds oceans increase, it is predicted that marine heatwaves (MHWs) will occur more frequently and with increased severity. However, it has been shown that variables other than increases in sea water temperature have …

Nearshore and offshore co-occurrence of marine heatwaves and cold-spells

A changing global climate places shallow water ecosystems at more risk than those in the open ocean as their temperatures may change more rapidly and dramatically. To this end, it is necessary to identify the occurrence of extreme ocean temperature …