Climate risk · Rationale

Marine heatwave

Marine hazard characterised by a period of abnormally high ocean temperature at a given location and time of year, lasting from days to months, with the potential to harm fisheries, aquaculture, and marine ecosystems.

Definition source: IPCC SROCC Ch.5.2.1: Marine heatwave

Synonyms

MHW

Broader

Marine hazard

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

Always (adaptation-specific).

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

CRK_132 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CRK_132
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CRK_132)