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The Ocean Is Still Reeling From a Single Massive Heat Wave Decades Ago

A 2003 marine heat wave in the waters around Greenland continues to impact North Atlantic ocean ecosystems decades on, with a sudden and strong increase in marine heat wave frequency persisting ever since.

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