Articles | Volume 19, issue 24
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-5807-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-5807-2022
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16 Dec 2022
Research article |  | 16 Dec 2022

Hotspots and drivers of compound marine heatwaves and low net primary production extremes

Natacha Le Grix, Jakob Zscheischler, Keith B. Rodgers, Ryohei Yamaguchi, and Thomas L. Frölicher

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Compound events threaten marine ecosystems. Here, we investigate the potentially harmful combination of marine heatwaves with low phytoplankton productivity. Using satellite-based observations, we show that these compound events are frequent in the low latitudes. We then investigate the drivers of these compound events using Earth system models. The models share similar drivers in the low latitudes but disagree in the high latitudes due to divergent factors limiting phytoplankton production.
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