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2 HEALTH AND LABORATORY MAGAZINE

No: 11 - September 2025
ISSN: 2148-953X

CHAIRMAN
Süleyman GÜLER
EDITOR
Nihat Berat DURMAZ DEADLY HEATWAVE DEVASTATED

GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Elif HASDEMİR
ADVISORY BOARD PACIFIC OCEAN ECOSYSTEMS FROM
Professor Dr. Sevil ATASOY
Professor Dr. Kadir HALKMAN PLANKTON TO WHALES
Professor Dr. Aziz EKŞİ
Melek MALKOÇ
Exp. Yelda ZENCİR
Özlem Etiz SAĞDAŞ
Nevin KOÇAKER New study warns of climate-driven marine
LEGAL ADVISORS
Lawyer Murat TEZCAN heatwaves as harbingers of a warming ocean future.

FINANCIAL CONSULTANT
İrfan BOZYİĞİT
SMMM A historic marine Samuel Starko, a former ecosystem collapse. Baum emphasized the
heatwave that scorched postdoctoral fellow at UVic. urgent need for forward-
HEAD OFFICE the northeastern Pacific “Our synthesis reveals how The ripple effects were looking, ecosystem-based
Oğuzlar Mah. 1374 Sok. No:2/4 Ocean from 2014 to 2016 profoundly such events can extensive: declining conservation strategies
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bilgi@labmedya.com predators, while plankton happened in the Pacific
coast, disrupting marine life heatwaves.” communities reorganized,
from microscopic plankton and ocean productivity could soon become a
to giant whales, according Among the most striking patterns shifted. “These global pattern. We must
to a new study from the findings: over 240 marine were cascading impacts,” act now to safeguard
University of Victoria. species were observed Starko noted, “where ocean life.”
outside their typical losses in one part of the
The heatwave, the longest ranges, with many food web reverberated Reference: “Ecological
www.prosigma.net and most intense ever shifting hundreds or even
info@prosigma.net through the entire Responses to Extreme
recorded in the region, thousands of kilometers ecosystem.” Climatic Events: A
raised ocean temperatures north. This included unusual
PRINTING by 2 to 6°C above average sightings of species Systematic Review of the
Başak Matbaacılık, for months on end. The like the northern right Economic Toll Reaches 2014–2016 Northeast
Ankara, Türkiye Hundreds of Millions Pacific Marine Heatwave”
event decimated kelp whale dolphin and the
forests, forced hundreds colorful sea slug Placida Beyond the ecological by BySamuel Starko,
DATE OF ISSUE of species to migrate, cremoniana far beyond Graham Epstein, Lia
September 2025 - Ankara caused mass die-offs, and their known habitats. consequences, the marine Chalifour, Kevin Bruce,
devastated fisheries— heatwave delivered a Daisy Buzzoni, Matthew
NOTE TO THE READER offering a sobering preview Kelp Forests Collapse, massive economic blow.
Published in the Labmedya of how climate change Iconic Species Perish The collapse of key Csordas, Sean Dimoff,
Newspaper featured may reshape ocean fisheries—fueled by shifting Rebecca Hansen,
in articles and articles species, disease outbreaks, Dominique G. Maucieri,
Responsibility of opinions ecosystems in the years The record-breaking and habitat loss—resulted Jennifer McHenry, Kristina
Broadcast LabMedya not to ahead. ocean temperatures in losses estimated in the L. Tietjen, Brian Timmer,
its body and / or Prosigma ravaged vital kelp and
Company, belongs to the Oceanic Chaos on an seagrass habitats. Entire hundreds of millions of Julia K. Baum, 2025,
authors. Authors may have Unprecedented Scale kelp forests, foundational dollars. Oceanography and Marine
consultancy or other business to coastal marine life, Biology: An Annual Review.
relationships with companies Drawing on 331 scientific withered and disappeared. A Warning for the Future
involved in their work. Ads studies and government Oceans DOI:
also; is the responsibility of reports, researchers Mass mortality events 10.1201/9781003589600-2
advertisers. The product at UVic’s Baum Lab swept across species “This heatwave is a warning
information published on the shot,” said Dr. Julia Baum,
product introduction pages conducted the most from sea stars to UVic marine ecologist and The research is supported
are the presentations of the comprehensive analysis seabirds. A crucial coastal by funding from the
relevant companies and the yet of the heatwave’s predator, the sunflower climate advisor. “As marine Natural Science and
manufacturer Responsibility. ecological fallout. sea star (Pycnopodia heatwaves become more Engineering Research
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triggered ecological Meanwhile, temperature- must prepare for a future Oceans North, Fisheries
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