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Alex Sen Gupta is affiliated with the University of New South Wales in Australia and specializes in Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their research predominantly focuses on Oceanography, Global and Planetary Change, Atmospheric Science, Ecology, and aspects related to Management, Monitoring, Policy, and Law.

The scientist's main topics of work include:

  • Climate variability and models
  • Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations

Alex Sen Gupta has contributed to the scientific community through publications in several frequent venues such as:

  • Journal of Climate
  • Geophysical Research Letters
  • Communications Earth & Environment
  • Scientific Reports
  • Nature

Notable recent papers by this researcher include:

  • "Connections of climate change and variability to large and extreme forest fires in southeast Australia," 2021, Communications Earth & Environment
  • "Marine Heatwaves," 2020, Annual Review of Marine Science
  • "Biological Impacts of Marine Heatwaves," 2022, Annual Review of Marine Science
  • "Keeping pace with marine heatwaves," 2020, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • "Drivers and impacts of the most extreme marine heatwave events," 2020, Scientific Reports

Their collaborative work includes frequent co-authors with whom they have published extensively. These collaborators are:

  • Andréa S. Taschetto
  • Alistair J. Hobday
  • Neil J. Holbrook
  • Thomas Wernberg
  • Kathryn E. Smith

Best Publications

  • A hierarchical approach to defining marine heatwaves

    Alistair J. Hobday;Lisa V. Alexander;Sarah E. Perkins;Dan A. Smale;Dan A. Smale

  • Longer and more frequent marine heatwaves over the past century

    Eric C. J. Oliver;Eric C. J. Oliver;Markus G. Donat;Michael T. Burrows;Pippa J. Moore

  • Marine heatwaves threaten global biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services

    Dan A. Smale;Dan A. Smale;Thomas Wernberg;Eric C. J. Oliver;Eric C. J. Oliver;Eric C. J. Oliver;Mads Thomsen

  • Recent intensification of wind-driven circulation in the Pacific and the ongoing warming hiatus

    Matthew Heathcote England;Shayne McGregor;J Paul Spence;Gerald A Meehl

  • The tropicalization of temperate marine ecosystems: climate-mediated changes in herbivory and community phase shifts

    Adriana Vergés;Peter D. Steinberg;Mark E. Hay;Alistair G. B. Poore

  • Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments (COREs)

    Stephen M. Griffies;Arne Biastoch;Claus W. Böning;Frank Bryan

  • Connections of climate change and variability to large and extreme forest fires in southeast Australia

    Nerilie J. Abram;Benjamin J. Henley;Benjamin J. Henley;Alex Sen Gupta;Tanya J. R. Lippmann

  • Categorizing and naming marine heatwaves

    Alistair J. Hobday;Eric C.J. Oliver;Eric C.J. Oliver;Alex Sen Gupta;Jessica A. Benthuysen

  • What causes southeast Australia's worst droughts?

    Caroline C. Ummenhofer;Matthew H. England;Peter C. McIntosh;Gary A. Meyers

  • Pacific western boundary currents and their roles in climate

    Dunxin Hu;Lixin Wu;Wenju Cai;Wenju Cai;Alex Sen Gupta

  • A global assessment of marine heatwaves and their drivers

    Neil J. Holbrook;Neil J. Holbrook;Hillary A. Scannell;Alexander Sen Gupta;Jessica A. Benthuysen

  • Biological Impacts of Marine Heatwaves.

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  • Projected Marine Heatwaves in the 21st Century and the Potential for Ecological Impact

    Eric C. J. Oliver;Michael T. Burrows;Markus G. Donat;Alex Sen Gupta;Alex Sen Gupta

  • Keeping pace with marine heatwaves

    NJ Holbrook;NJ Holbrook;A Sen Gupta;Ecj Oliver;AJ Hobday

  • Drivers and impacts of the most extreme marine heatwaves events

    Alexander Sen Gupta;Mads Thomsen;Jessica A. Benthuysen;Alistair J. Hobday

  • Socioeconomic impacts of marine heatwaves: Global issues and opportunities.

    Kathryn E. Smith;Michael T. Burrows;Alistair J. Hobday;Alex Sen Gupta

  • Coupled Ocean–Atmosphere–Ice Response to Variations in the Southern Annular Mode

    Alexander Sen Gupta;Matthew H. England

  • Climate Drift in the CMIP5 Models

    Alexander Sen Gupta;Nicolas C. Jourdain;Jaclyn N. Brown;Didier Monselesan

  • Mixed responses of tropical Pacific fisheries and aquaculture to climate change

    Johann D. Bell;Alexandre Ganachaud;Peter C. Gehrke;Shane P. Griffiths

  • Climate drift in the CMIP3 models

    Alexander Sen Gupta;Les C. Muir;Jaclyn N. Brown;Steven J. Phipps

  • Coupled biophysical global ocean model and molecular genetic analyses identify multiple introductions of cryptogenic species

    Michael N Dawson;Alex Sen Gupta;Matthew H. England

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew H. England
Matthew H. England University of New South Wales
Caroline C. Ummenhofer
Caroline C. Ummenhofer Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Dan A. Smale
Dan A. Smale Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom
Neil J. Holbrook
Neil J. Holbrook University of Tasmania
Eric C. J. Oliver
Eric C. J. Oliver Dalhousie University
Erik van Sebille
Erik van Sebille Utrecht University
Alistair J. Hobday
Alistair J. Hobday Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Markus G. Donat
Markus G. Donat Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Shayne McGregor
Shayne McGregor Monash University
Bellie Sivakumar
Bellie Sivakumar Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

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