Five years after largest marine heatwave on record hit northern California coast, many warm–water species have stuck around
- Written by: Erica Nielsen, Postdoctoral Researcher in Marine Biology, University of California, Davis
Southerly species like the giant owl limpet, seen here, started appearing on northern California shores. Jerry Kirkhart/Flickr, CC BYLand–based heatwaves have a less obvious though equally important sibling: marine heatwaves. In 2013, the largest marine heatwave on record began when an unusually warm mass of water formed in the Gulf of...
