Mike Burrows
michaeltburrows.bsky.social
Mike Burrows
@michaeltburrows.bsky.social
Marine ecologist
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New global review in Nature Reviews Biodiversity, incl. CCRC’s Alex Sen Gupta, shows marine heatwaves are reshaping ecosystems from coral bleaching to kelp loss disrupting fisheries,food webs & coastal livelihoods. Urgent need to cut emissions, build resilience & adapt fast.
doi.org/10.1038/s443....
Marine heatwaves as hot spots of climate change and impacts on biodiversity and ecosystem services - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Marine heatwaves (MHWs) have become more intense and widespread globally, affecting species, ecosystems and people. After summarizing how and why MHWs are changing, this Review explores these impacts ...
doi.org
July 8, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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The evidence of how quickly and how widely #ClimateChange is affecting #biodiversity seems more compelling by the day.

Prof. @michaeltburrows.bsky.social of SAMS is author on a Nature paper published today describing the crisis as 'like shuffling a deck of cards'.

www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...
Climate change reshuffling species ‘like a deck of cards’
Findings are further warning of climate change impacts
www.sams.ac.uk
January 29, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Bad news for Spanish mussels, but mirrors losses here in Scotland and elsewhere. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Spanish fishers in Galicia report ‘catastrophic’ collapse in shellfish stocks
Climate crisis and pollution reported as possible reasons for dramatic fall in numbers of cockles, clams and mussels
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Our new report on the changing state of Scotland's rocky seashores is out today. Changes from 2014-15 to 2020-22 in many species, including an ongoing decline in mussels. 167 sites in 3 years www.nature.scot/doc/naturesc...
January 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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There's been some healthy debate about which baseline to use when quantifying marine heatwaves (and other extreme climatic events). We summarize the pros/cons, explain why it matters and provide some recommendations in our new ms:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 17, 2024 at 9:00 AM
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🌊 The Marine Heatwave Research Focus is a working group of WCRP-CLIVAR, chaired by Antonietta Capotondi and me. We just published this review paper, and many open questions remain about their vertical structure, prediction and projections…

rdcu.be/d2Xh0
A global overview of marine heatwaves in a changing climate
Communications Earth & Environment - Improved understanding of marine heatwave predictability and impacts requires analysis of these extremes at full ocean depth, using models and observations...
rdcu.be
December 9, 2024 at 7:27 PM
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Extrema Marina

A couple of interesting review papers on marine heatwaves.

diagrammonkey.wordpress.com/2024/12/10/e...
Extrema Marina
A couple of interesting review papers on marine heatwaves.
diagrammonkey.wordpress.com
December 10, 2024 at 2:31 PM