"South-east #Australia #marine #heatwave forecast to be literally off the scale - Patch of Tasman sea expected to warm over spring and summer to temperatures that risk significant losses to sea life

Australia’s south-east could be in for a marine heatwave that is literally off the scale, raising the prospect of significant losses in fishing and aquaculture.

The Bureau of Meteorology has forecast a patch of the Tasman Sea off Tasmania and Victoria could be at least 2.5C above average from September to February, and it could get hotter.

Oceanographer Grant Smith said the colour-coded scale the bureau uses to map forecast sea surface temperature anomalies stops at 2.5C. “We didn’t account for anomalies that high when we developed this ... it could be 3C, it could be 3.5C, but we can’t see how high it goes,” he said.
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South-eastern Australia is a known climate change hotspot with its waters warming about four times faster than the global average."

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/27/south-east-australia-marine-heatwave-forecast-to-be-literally-off-the-scale

#TasmanSea #MarineHeatwave #OceanWarming #CoralReefs #CoralReef #SeaLife #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Climate #Klima #Klimakrise #SST #SeaSurfaceTemperature #Oceans #Ocean #ClimateDiary #Tasmania

#TasmanSea …

#climate #OceanHeatContent

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here's some #beach time with sound (wrong sound tho as the #cicadas were behind me from where the wind blew ;) #TasmanSea

@raoul Yes! the #TasmanSea 🌊 https://pixey.org/p/Heliograph/523251989485340542

Sydney isn't just about the #OperaHouse but also the magnificent #HarbourBridge. This is #CelebrityEclipse arriving very late after a very rough two days crossing the #TasmanSea but the upside is we got to see our arrival at #CircularQuay in beautiful early Spring Sydney sunshine! #cruise #cruiseship #Australia #SydneyHarbour #DarlingHarbour

Peace at the Tasman Sea
#Aotearoa #SilentSunday #TasmanSea

A gentle breeze greats you and it bears no scent, but an air wholly fresh and clean and young, as if it has not before been breathed by any living thing.

#Aotearoa #Ngarunui #TasmanSea