Fig. 1: Sea surface temperature and marine heatwaves in the tropical Atlantic.
From: The severe 2020 coral bleaching event in the tropical Atlantic linked to marine heatwaves
a Sea surface temperature (shading; in °C) and wind at 850 hPa (vectors; in m s-1) averaged over the period 1982–2022. b Marine heatwave cumulative intensity (shading; in ˚C-day) averaged over the period 1982–2022 and wind anomalies at 850 hPa averaged during marine heatwave events (vectors; in m s-1). c Linear trend of sea surface temperature (shading; in °C per decade) and wind at 850 hPa (vectors; in m s-1 per decade). d Linear trends of marine heatwave cumulative intensity (shading; in °C-day per decade) and wind anomalies at 850 hPa for marine heatwave events (vectors; in m s-1 per decade). e Time series of monthly marine heatwave cumulative intensity averaged over the region between 7°N-15°S and 60°W-20°E (grey bars; °C-day) and monthly spatial extension of marine heatwaves within the same region (red line, in %). Dark grey contours in panels (c) and (d) encompass the areas where the trend is statistically significant at the 95% confidence level, majoritarianly in the basin’s western side.
