Are Long-Term Changes in Mixed Layer Depth Influencing North Pacific Marine Heatwaves?
Dillon J. Amaya, Michael A. Alexander, Antonietta Capotondi, Clara Deser, Kristopher B. Karnauskas, Arthur J. Miller, Nathan J. Mantua
Abstract
The 2019 Northwest Pacific marine heatwave was amplified by natural, multidecadal shoaling of the ocean mixed layer; anthropogenic mixed layer shoaling will amplify marine heatwaves in the future.
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