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Marine Heat Waves in the Western Pacific: Detection, Mechanisms and Their Impacts on the Coral Reef Ecosystem |
| Principal Investigator / Affiliation | Anindya Wirasatriya (Assoc. Professor / Secretary of Department) / Diponegoro University  Indonesia |
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Toshio Suga (Professor / Head of Physical Oceanography Laboratory) / Tohoku University  Japan |
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Maria Vanessa Rodriguez (Assistant Professor) / Marine Science Institute (MSI), University of the Philippines (UP) Diliman  Philippines |
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| Year Adopted | 2021 |
| Research Period | 3 years |
| General Description of the Research Project | This cooperative research project aims to identify Marine Heat Wave (MHW) events in the western Pacific and investigate their mechanisms and impacts on the coral reef. MHW is new subject in climate change, characterized by extremely high ocean temperatures that persist for days to months, can extend up to thousands of kilometres and can penetrate multiple hundreds of metres depth |
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| Principal Investigator / Country of Research Team | 
Anindya Wirasatriya Indonesia
Toshio Suga Japan
Maria Vanessa Rodriguez the Philippines |
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