The devastating impacts of marine heatwaves extend far beyond dying coral reefs and declining fisheries, with new research warning these extreme ocean warming events are posing a growing threat to humans’ physical and mental health.
The devastating impacts of marine heatwaves extend far beyond dying coral reefs and declining fisheries, with new research warning these extreme ocean warming events are posing a growing threat to humans’ physical and mental health.
Researchers from Adelaide University and the University of Hong Kong are calling for marine heatwaves to be recognised as a major public health issue, arguing their impacts on people have been largely overlooked despite increasing evidence of their far-reaching consequences.
The intensification of Hurricane Otis in 2023 and its effects on Mexico (an estimated damage bill of more than US$15 billion), as well as the impacts of Typhoon Doksuri in 2023 (which affected more than two million people across Asia), have both been linked to marine heatwaves.
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