#SoutheastAsia #MarineHeatWaves #ClimateChange #OceanWarming #CoralReefs #EOSSG
This work is part of our project under the Marine Climate Change Science (MCCS) Programme, funded by the National Parks Board, Singapore.
Marine heatwaves in Southeast Asia are intensifying fast 🔥
📈 >2× increase in frequency (2003–2023 vs 1982–2002)
🌊 Extending below the surface (~100 m+)
🌏 Increasing risks for marine ecosystems
Our new paper (led by Sai) is now out in @jgroceans.bsky.social @agu.org
#NTUSG
doi.org/10.1029/2025...
Full document is here www.wcrp-rifs.org/wp-content/u...
CMIP Rapid Evaluation Framework (REF) outputs are widely used, but can be easy to overinterpret.
In this new guidance, we emphasize a simple point:
diagnostics are a starting point, not the final answer.
Glad to have contributed to this community effort.
@wcrp-cmip.org @wcrp-cmip.org
Good to see @wcrpclimate.bsky.social highlighting the importance of this work. Our recent @natclimate.nature.com study examines the long-term health and economic impacts of ENSO variability across Pacific Rim countries.
Honored to be featured by WCRP Academy and to contribute through the CLIVAR Pacific Region Panel.
Focused on ocean and climate dynamics, climate variability, and advancing understanding of regional climate change impacts across the Indo-Pacific.
The AOGS 2026 abstract deadline has been extended to 30 January, 11:55 PM (Singapore time).
There’s still time to submit abstracts to our session—hope to see more contributions.
The AOGS 2026 abstract deadline has been extended to 30 January, 11:55 PM (Singapore time).
There’s still time to submit abstracts to our session—hope to see more contributions.
NTU news release is here www.ntu.edu.sg/news/detail/...
Three key takeaways:
• Climate variability like El Niño has long-lasting health effects, not just short-term shocks
• These impacts accumulate quietly over decades, with real economic consequences
• Climate dynamics matter, not only average warming, for understanding future risks to people
🌍 Our new @natclimate.nature.com study, led by @xuyanbin.bsky.social shows climate variations like El Niño don’t just affect weather — they can shape long-term human health and economic outcomes. Proud to contribute on the climate science side.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#ENSO #PublicHealth
🌏 AOGS 2026: OS01 Sea-Level Session
Understanding Multiscale Sea-Level Change Using Observations and Models
📅 Deadline: 23 Jan 2026
📍 Fukuoka, Japan
We invite work on sea-level processes, ocean warming, attribution, extremes, projections, & coastal impacts, from global dynamics to local realities.
🔥 Call for Abstracts – AOGS 2026 (OS25 Session)
Ocean Warming and Marine Heatwaves: Understanding Drivers, Impacts, and Pathways to Early Warning
📍 Fukuoka, Japan — 02–07 August 2026 |
Abstract Deadline: 23 January 2026
www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2026/pub...
This work builds on our earlier paper, which first documented changes in tropical cyclones across centuries in Southeast Asia under warming.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@penncssm.bsky.social
#EarthObservatoryofSingapore
#SoutheastAsia
#TropicalCyclone
#CoastalHazards
#CoastalRisk
#ClimateChange
Insights
⬆️Genesis shifting northward across seasons
📈Winter monsoon genesis could more than double; summer up to 50%
🏝️Landfall patterns evolving Philippines in winter/spring, mainland SE Asia in summer/autumn
🌡️Humidity & wind shear increasingly influence summer/autumn genesis
@penncssm.bsky.social
🌏 New study in @commsearth.nature.com!
Led by Kenzie Weaver, our team explores how tropical cyclone genesis and landfall patterns in Southeast Asia are shifting seasonally under future warming.
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
@michaelemann.bsky.social @andrajgarner.bsky.social @NTUSingapore
A global map of the Pacific Ocean showing surrounding continents with orange colors highlighting warmer sea surface temperatures.
Ocean scientists are one step closer to understanding the connection between warming in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean and its impact on weather and climate. The new study by @oceanclilmatecu.bsky.social and partners in @agu.org Earth's Future is spotlighted here! buff.ly/Tcbj2fq
This study introduces ColdBlobMIP—a focused, ad hoc model intercomparison project designed to assess the atmospheric response to the observed North Atlantic Warming Hole, or cold blob.
@colorado.edu @cires.colorado.edu @lamont.columbia.edu @NTUSingapore @noaa.gov@SCSIO
🌍❄️ Why is the North Atlantic “cold blob” cooling while the rest of the planet warms?
🚨A new @agu.org GRL study led by @sydkramer12.bsky.social + @oceansclimatecu.bsky.social unites 15 models, showing it shifts winds & clouds, with feedbacks that may lock in the cooling.
🔗 doi.org/10.1029/2025...
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Global warming reached an estimated 1.51°C in May 2025.
'If the 15-year warming trend leading up to then continued, global warming would reach 2°C by December 2036'
May was the first month below this trend in almost two years.
Global warming accelerated significantly!
journals.ametsoc.org/view/journal...
Fascinating new study from @oceansclimatecu.bsky.social reveals that upwelling—the slow rise of deep, cold water to the surface—is not only much faster than we thought but also sharply concentrated near the equatorial Pacific Ocean.
cires.colorado.edu/news/pacific...
Fangyi Tan and I led a new study showing how the 2023 El Niño triggered record-breaking ocean warming across Southeast Asia. Heat anomalies spread deep into regional seas, with warming reaching 40 m. Our work highlights the urgent need for sustained ocean monitoring.
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Deadline for abstract submission is now extended to 28th February!!
My latest chapter reviews past, present & future sea level changes, with insights on adaptation, mitigation & key data sources for researchers! 📊
