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Marine Heat Waves in the Western Pacific: Detection, Mechanisms and Their Impacts on the Coral Reef Ecosystem
Principal Investigator / Affiliation Anindya Wirasatriya (Assoc. Professor / Secretary of Department) / Diponegoro University flag Indonesia Indonesia
Toshio Suga (Professor / Head of Physical Oceanography Laboratory) / Tohoku University flag Japan Japan
Maria Vanessa Rodriguez (Assistant Professor) / Marine Science Institute (MSI), University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman flag Philippines Philippines
Year Adopted 2021
Research Period 3 years
General Description of the Research Project This cooperative research project aims to identify Marine Heat Wave (MHW) events in the western Pacific and investigate their mechanisms and impacts on the coral reef. MHW is new subject in climate change, characterized by extremely high ocean temperatures that persist for days to months, can extend up to thousands of kilometres and can penetrate multiple hundreds of metres depth
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Photo Anindya Wirasatriya

Anindya Wirasatriya

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Indonesia
Photo Toshio Suga

Toshio Suga

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Japan
Photo Maria Vanessa Rodriguez

Maria Vanessa Rodriguez

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the Philippines