Tag: twilight zone

New paper on hidden heatwaves and coral bleaching (Wyatt et. al., Nat Comms)

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Hidden heatwaves and severe coral bleaching linked to mesoscale eddies and thermocline dynamics Alex S.J. Wyatt1*, James J. Leichter2, Libe Washburn3,4, Li Kui3, Peter J. Edmunds5, Scott C. Burgess6 1Department of Ocean Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, | Click for More →

Internal-wave cooling – hope for coral reefs

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Global heating threats to coral reefs have received significant attention in the literature and media. In a new study across the Pacific Ocean, we show widespread cooling of reefs by internal waves – a ubiquitous process reducing heating accumulation in potential refuge habitats. Adapted from | Click for More →

2018 Sumitomo Foundation grant awarded

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The Sumitomo Foundation has awarded a 2018 Environmental Research Grant (環境研究助成) to support work by Dr Wyatt and colleagues aimed at experimentally demonstrating the role of internal waves in providing beaching relief to threatened reef corals. Title: Can internal wave-induced cooling save corals? Experimental verification of | Click for More →

Sumitomo Foundation grant to Dr Wyatt et al.

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The Sumitomo Foundation has awarded an Environmenal Research Grant (環境研究助成) to Dr Wyatt and colleagues for their pioneering work on the environmental drivers of the structure and function of ‘twilight reefs’ (deep-water mesophotic coral ecosystems). Title: A refuge for coral reef biodiversity: trophic function and | Click for More →

July 2016 in Onna-son, Okinawa

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Impacts of internal waves on the twilight zone @ ICRS 2016, Hawaii (Dr Wyatt)

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Ecological and biogeochemical impacts of internal waves on mesophotic coral ecosystems: testing eddy correlation and isotope approaches, Iriomote, Japan Alex S.J. Wyatt1*, Toshihiro Miyajima1, James J. Leichter2, Tohru Naruse3, Tomohiro Kuwae4, Shoji Yamamoto5, Naomi Satoh1, Toshi Nagata1 1Department of Chemical Oceanography, Atmosphere and Ocean Research | Click for More →

Dongsha Atoll Research Award (2016-2017) to Dr Wyatt and Prof Wang

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Dr Wyatt has been awarded the Dongsha Atoll Research Award (2016-2017) by the Dongsha Atoll Research Station (DARS), managed by Taiwan’s National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYU).  The award will facilitate the implementation of a collaborative project with Professor Yu-Huai Wang (NSYU) examining the impact of | Click for More →

Tech diving at Monad Shoal, Philippines

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