Alistair Hobday is a senior principal research scientist with CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere in Hobart, Australia. His research covers spatial management and migration of large pelagic species, environmental influences on marine species, the impacts of climate change on marine resources and development and testing of adaptation options for marine conservation, fisheries and aquaculture. https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/contributor/alistair-hobday/rss en Climate Change Solutions Tue, 17 Jul 2018 07:30:00 +0000 Alistair Hobday https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/community/2018/07/17/why-we-need-to-start-categorizing-marine-heat-waves-like-hurricanes https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/community/2018/07/17/why-we-need-to-start-categorizing-marine-heat-waves-like-hurricanes Australian marine research scientist Alistair Hobday writes about why it’s important to start naming and classifying marine heatwaves as the phenomenon increasingly wreaks havoc on ocean ecosystems.