Marine heat waves suppress nutrient use, reproductive flexibility in humpback whales

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- A new study led by University of Hawai'i (UH) at Mānoa researchers reveals how extreme ocean warming disrupts whale metabolism, nutrition and reproductive success and what the developing 2026–2027 El Niño could mean next. As climate change drives increasingly intense marine heat waves, scientists…