Next week Monday a young researcher, Natacha Le Grix from University of Bern is visting SRC and agreed to give a 15 min talk on marine heatwaves and compound events. This is a fantastic opportunity for us in the ocean theme to hear the new exciting research from University of Bern, one of the top players in that field.

The 15 min talk will be on the 2 Oct, at 13:00 in Ostrom.

Below you find the title of the talk and the abstract.

"Extreme and compound ocean events are key drivers of projected low pelagic fish biomass"

Changes in environmental conditions are bound to affect marine ecosystems under global warming. To predict and mitigate future impacts, we need a better understanding of the main stressors of marine ecosystems. In this study, we combined a global marine fish model with outpout from a large ensemble simulation of an Earth system model, to identify the environmental conditions driving the most severe declines in the biomass of pelagic fish. We show that low net primary productivity is the most influential driver of extremely low fish biomass, and highlight the key role of extreme and compound oceanic events in driving severe impacts on pelagic ecosystems.