8. THE HIGH LATITUDE MARINE HEAT WAVE OF 2016 AND ITS IMPACTS ON ALASKA: The 2016 Alaska marine heat wave was unprecedented in terms of sea surface temperatures and ocean heat content, and CMIP5 data suggest human-induced climate change has greatly increased the risk of such anomalies

Earth System Observations. The Gulf of Alaska (GOA) and Bering Sea have been anomalously warm for several years with the warmth peaking in 2016. As a consequence of the high [...]