Warming Oceans Intensify Storms and Threaten Marine Ecosystems

Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, reports that ocean heat waves have tripled in length due to climate change. A study highlighted by The Guardian reveals that half of all marine heat waves since 2000 wouldn’t have occurred without human-driven global warming. These superheated waters not only devastate marine ecosystems like coral reefs and kelp forests, but also fuel increasingly powerful and rapidly intensifying hurricanes—particularly in the South Atlantic, Caribbean, and Gulf of Mexico.