Climate risk · Rationale

Ocean warming

Marine hazard characterised by a gradual, sustained increase in ocean heat content and sea-surface temperature, altering marine productivity, species distributions, and fishery yields.

Definition source: IPCC SROCC Ch.5: Ocean warming

Synonyms

sea temperature rise, ocean heating

Broader

Marine hazard

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

Always (adaptation-specific).

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

CRK_133 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CRK_133
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CRK_133)