“…Rising global temperatures have already increased the number and intensity of extreme climate events (4)(5)(6)(7). Consequent human suffering and economic loss are well documented in public media, even as devastated coastlines and marine ecosystems, some in conservation areas and experimental field sites, increasingly appear in research (8)(9)(10). Because extreme events are erratic and damage can occur in many ways, assessing ecological and social impacts requires long-term monitoring capacity from appropriate baseline conditions (11)(12)(13), predicated on an understanding of local and regional variability (14)(15)(16).…”