Shoreward shift of oceanic mesoscale activity over the last three decades.

Shuyi Zhou, Yihang Zhang, Hong Li, Lingxiao Liu, Enhui Liao, Fanghua Xu

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Shuyi Zhou *Department of Earth System Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Institute for Global Change Studies, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

Yihang Zhang *Department of Earth System Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Institute for Global Change Studies, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0000-3028-900X

Hong LiTianjin Key Laboratory for Marine Environmental Research and Service, School of Marine Science and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, China.

Lingxiao LiuIntelligent Forecasting Division, Ninecosmos Science and Technology Ltd., Wuxi, China.

Enhui LiaoSchool of Oceanography, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.

Fanghua XuDepartment of Earth System Science, Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Earth System Modeling, Institute for Global Change Studies, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. fxu@tsinghua.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2312-1553

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National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 42176019

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Abstract

Oceanic mesoscale activity critically mediates the cross-shelf exchange of heat, nutrients, carbon, and pollutants. While its meridional shifts under global warming are well studied, zonal migration remains unknown. Here, based on multi-source observation and reanalysis datasets, we find that zonal centroids of both global mesoscale eddy kinetic energy (EKE) and global sea surface temperature gradient magnitudes have shifted shoreward at approximately 35.4 ± 22.5 and 34.4 ± 20.3 km per decade respectively over the last three decades (1993-2022). Energy budget analysis indicated that a shoreward shift of wind power and baroclinic energy conversion under global warming primarily has occurred in parallel with the EKE onshore migration. These shifts are reshaping coastal-open ocean exchanges, and thereby are essential for predicting coastal ecosystem resilience under climate change.

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PMID41285850

DOI10.1038/s41467-025-65359-x

PMCPMC12644524

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