Recent European marine heatwaves are unprecedented but not unexpected

Jamie Atkins1,2, Adam A Scaife2,3, Jennifer Graham4, Jonathan Tinker3 and Paul Richard Halloran2, (1)Utrecht University, IMAU & Freudenthal Institute, Utrecht, Netherlands, (2)University of Exeter, Exeter, United Kingdom, (3)Met Office Hadley center for Climate Change, Exeter, United Kingdom, (4)Center for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft, United Kingdom