Published June 29, 2026 | Version v2

Europe's Warming Seas - Tackling the increasing risk of marine heatwaves

  • 1. ROR icon CMCC Foundation - Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change
  • 2. ROR icon Danish Meteorological Institute
  • 3. ROR icon National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
  • 4. Ecole Normale Superieure, Departement des Geosciences, Laboratoire de Météorologie Dynamique, IPSL, PSL
  • 5. ROR icon European Global Ocean Observing System
  • 6. EDMO icon IEEE France Section

Description

ObsSea4Clim policy brief on "Europe’s Warming Seas - Tackling the increasing risk of marine heatwaves - and why ocean warming data falls short"

Authors and contributors
CMCC Foundation: Simona Masina, Ronan McAdam, Giulia Bonino
Danish Meteorological Institute: Steffen M. Olsen, Alexander Hayward
Ecole Normale Superieure: Sabrina Speich
EuroGOOS: Manuel Sala Perez
IEEE: Jay Pearlman


With contributions from Karina Von Schuckmann (Mercator Ocean International), Gerard McCarthy (Maynooth University), Johannes Karstensen (GEOMAR), Dimitra Denaxa (HCMR), and all ObsSea4Clim project partners.


Coordinated by Danish Meteorological Institute


About ObsSea4Clim
https://obssea4clim.eu/
https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101136548
https://zenodo.org/communities/obssea4clim

Disclaimer
ObsSea4Clim is funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however thse of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Executive Agency (REA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

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Funding

European Commission
ObsSea4Clim - Ocean observations and indicators for climate and assessments. 101136548