Climate risk · Rationale

Marine hazard

Abiotic hazard originating in the ocean, comprising changes and events in sea level, temperature, chemistry, and circulation that can harm coastal, marine, and dependent agricultural and ecological systems.

Definition source: IPCC SROCC

Synonyms

ocean hazard, oceanic hazard

Broader

Abiotic hazard

Narrower

Sea-level rise, Storm surge, Marine heatwave, Ocean warming, Ocean acidification, Ocean deoxygenation

Counts as adaptation

Always (adaptation-specific).

Provenance

Domain expert; Restructure (v5)

Identifier

CRK_159 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CRK_159
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CRK_159)