- a variation of heat wave.
heatwave
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UC Agriculture and Natural Resources climate scientist Daniel Swain also placed blame on a months-long marine heatwave preceding El Niño, as well as human-caused climate change.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
A marine heatwave in 2024 wiped out an estimated 99.9 percent of the coral that built the remote Tuvalu islands.
From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026
By air and land, firefighters are struggling to control the blaze amid a severe heatwave in Southern California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
The results indicate that warm water anomalies occurring before and after a heatwave are largely independent of the MHW itself.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 30, 2026
Meditatively Campian watched the line of light as it dropped lower and lower, soon to flood the valley with its fierce heatwave.
From The Ruby Sword A Romance of Baluchistan by Bertram Mitford
