{"id":67784,"date":"2024-04-30T19:18:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T00:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=67784"},"modified":"2024-04-30T19:18:13","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T00:18:13","slug":"indian-ocean-headed-for-a-near-permanent-state-of-marine-heatwave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=67784","title":{"rendered":"Indian Ocean headed for a near-permanent state of marine heatwave"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"headline\">\n<div class=\"article-headline\">\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/india.mongabay.com\/2024\/04\/indian-ocean-headed-for-a-near-permanent-state-of-marine-heatwave-cyclones-to-intensify-fisheries-at-risk\/\">Indian Ocean headed for a near-permanent state of marine heatwave<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div id=\"main\" class=\"col-lg-8 single\">\n<article id=\"post-27585\" class=\"post-27585 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-uncategorized tag-heat-wave tag-marine-heat-wave location-global location-india serial-climateconnections topic-oceans byline-nidhi-jamwal\">\n<div class=\"bulletpoints\">\n<ul>\n<li><em>Marine heatwaves are events where ocean temperatures rise to extreme levels and hold steady for at least five days.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>These heat waves, that occur over the ocean, are likely to extend to 220-250 days a year by 2050, warns a new study.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>With increasing marine heat waves, cyclones can intensify, putting fisheries and people living along the coastline, at risk.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the peak of summer, with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/india.mongabay.com\/2023\/07\/explainer-as-heat-waves-increase-are-indias-heat-action-plans-effective\/#:~:text=Heat%20wave%20conditions%20in%20India,mostly%20between%20April%20to%20June.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">heat waves<\/a>\u00a0sweeping several parts of India, seven-phase general elections are underway in the world\u2019s biggest democracy. The weather department and the government agencies have been regularly issuing alerts and warnings, to ensure the safety of citizens who step out to cast their votes, amid fear of heat strokes and heat-related illnesses as temperatures rise and heat waves turn\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0160412024000473\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">deadlier<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But heat waves are rising not just on land. Globally,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iucn.org\/resources\/issues-brief\/marine-heatwaves\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">marine heat waves<\/a>\u00a0are registering a growing trend. A recent\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rocksea.org\/bin\/research\/Roxy_Future_Indian_Ocean_Elsevier_2024.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">study<\/a>\u00a0titled\u00a0<em>Future Projections for the Tropical Indian Ocean<\/em>\u00a0has found that the Indian Ocean is warming rapidly and moving towards a state of near-permanent marine heat waves, with 220-250 days of heat waves projected in a year until 2050.<\/p>\n<p>The findings of this new research, led by Roxy Mathew Koll, scientist with Climate Research Lab, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, are published in a recent book,\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.elsevier.com\/books\/the-indian-ocean-and-its-role-in-the-global-climate-system\/ummenhofer\/978-0-12-822698-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">The Indian Ocean and its Role in the Global Climate System<\/a><\/em>, released on April 26.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the present-day climate scenario, where we are experiencing 1.2-degree Celsius warming, marine heat waves have already emerged in the Indian Ocean and are rising; at present, they range up to 20 days a year,\u201d said Koll, talking to Mongabay India about the implications of prolonged marine heatwaves in the Indian Ocean&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian Ocean headed for a near-permanent state of marine heatwave Marine heatwaves are events where ocean temperatures rise to extreme levels and hold steady for at least five days. These heat waves, that occur over the ocean, are likely to extend to 220-250 days a year by 2050, warns a new study. 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