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Marine heat waves are cooking our ocean ecosystems—and will only become more common

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By Sina Pinter, Nicole Jones, Swati Mestri
| Phys.org Verified
Coral bleaching at Tantabiddi off the coast of Western Australia, taken in 2025. Credit: Image Blue Media Exmouth You may have heard reports of fish die-offs or seen photos of hauntingly bleached coral. Those are just two signs that a marine heat wave has swept through the sea. Marine heat waves happen when the ocean remains abnormally hot for an extended period. While they may be invisible from the shore, their impacts can wreak havoc underwater—killing various kinds of coral, seagrass and fish.
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Marine heatwaves are cooking our ocean ecosystems — and will only become more common

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By Sina Pinter, Nicole Jones
| Down To Earth Verified
You may have heard reports of fish die-offs or seen photos of hauntingly bleached coral. Those are just two signs a marine heatwave has swept through the sea. Marine heatwaves happen when the ocean remains abnormally hot for an extended period. While they may be invisible from the shore, their impacts can wreak havoc underwater — killing various kinds of coral, seagrass and fish. As climate change continues to warm the ocean, marine heatwaves will only become more frequent and severe.
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A marine heatwave in northwest Australia is killing huge numbers of fish. It’s heading south

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By Sina Pinter
| Daily Bulletin AU Verified
Tens of thousands of fish off northwestern Australia, as a large and long-lasting marine heatwave intensifies. The fish kill at Gnoorea Beach near Karratha is concerning our team of scientists, as the hot mass of water heads south towards Ningaloo Reef and the seagrass gardens in Shark Bay. That’s because we’ve seen this before. An enormous marine heatwave in 2010-11 devastated fisheries and ecosystems further down the WA coast.
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