{"id":20280,"date":"2020-08-10T10:52:17","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T17:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/?p=20280"},"modified":"2020-10-28T16:27:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T23:27:46","slug":"what-is-a-marine-heat-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mlml.sjsu.edu\/student-life\/2020\/08\/10\/what-is-a-marine-heat-wave\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a marine heat wave?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\"By\u00a0Sierra Fullmer<\/a>,\u00a0MLML Vertebrate Ecology Lab<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Do you know what a marine heat wave is? Imagine being outside in the peak heat of summer, walking in what feels like a sea of heat. Heat waves, during which temperatures are much hotter than normal, occur in the oceans as well as on land. An unusual warming of the ocean can have many cascading effects, not just for the organisms living in the water, but also those on land which rely upon the ocean\u2019s resources. This was demonstrated in 2014, when the Alaskan \u2018warm blob\u2019 became a trending phrase, even outside of the scientific community. This unusual hot spot in the North Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Alaska reached a peak in 2016, ranking in the top five heat anomalies ever recorded. During this time, the top 100-300 meters of the ocean warmed up to two degrees Celsius, or three point six degrees Fahrenheit. That\u2019s enough water to reach from one to three American football fields deep! It may not seem like that much of a difference but imagine how much energy is required just to heat a small pot of water. Now scale that up to the size of the Gulf of Alaska, and three football fields deep. <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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