Climate risk · Rationale

Ocean deoxygenation

Marine hazard characterised by a decline in the dissolved oxygen content of ocean waters, driven by warming and altered circulation, which stresses marine organisms and contracts viable fish habitat.

Definition source: IPCC SROCC Ch.5: Ocean deoxygenation

Synonyms

ocean oxygen loss, ocean hypoxia

Broader

Marine hazard

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

Always (adaptation-specific).

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

CRK_135 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CRK_135
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CRK_135)