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New study on the severe 2020 coral bleaching event in the tropical Atlantic linked to marine heatwaves

18 March 2025

A new study by Regina R. Rodrigues (co Chair of the WCRP My Climate Risk Lighthouse Activity), Afonso H. Gonçalves Neto, Edson A. Vieira, and Guilherme O. Longo, published in Communications Earth & Environment (https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02195-3), explores the connection between marine heatwaves (MHWs) and coral bleaching in the tropical Atlantic. For more information, click the heading above.

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New study on potential collapse of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation

25 July 2023

A new paper published by Ditlevsen and Ditlevsen in Nature Communications finds early warning signals of a critical transition of the AMOC system and suggests that it could shut down or collapse as early as 2025 and no later than 2095. For more information, click the heading above.

Beach

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