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Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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A new global ocean model shows how ocean processes affect marine heatwaves at depth off the west coast of Australia. Here, a case study of a catastrophic "Ningaloo Niño" event demonstrates how a marine heatwave impacted seawater temperatures at depth during the 2011/2012 austral winter.

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Courtesy of lead author Svenja Ryan, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

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