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El Niño may intensify marine heatwaves threatening Philippines fisheries
Original: The combination of El Niño and rising ocean temperatures could produce longer-lasting and more intense marine heatwaves, threatening fisheries and food security in the Philippines, an oceanographer warned. Link to the full story in comment section.
A Filipino oceanographer has warned that the combination of El Niño conditions and rising ocean temperatures could produce longer-lasting and more intense marine heatwaves. Such events threaten the Philippines' fisheries and national food security, raising concern among coastal communities and officials as sea temperatures continue to climb and the climate pattern develops in the Pacific.
Why now: El Niño conditions are developing, heightening fears about impacts on fisheries and food supply in the Philippines.
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