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Did you wake up with the spirit to start monetizing your YouTube channel once and for all? Discover here how to make money on YouTube. 🚀
If you have a YouTube channel and you want to start earning extra money, now is the right moment, this video platform is still in full swing and it seems that there is no ceiling.
How much money does YouTube generate?
Google, the owner of this platform since 2006, has given us the figures: YouTube generated $15 billion on advertising in 2019.
After reading this data, do you still think that it is not worth it to bet on this channel?
It's time to start making money on YouTube.
How to make money on YouTube
First, you must apply to join the YouTube Partner Program to start monetizing your channel.
So, how can you request to be part of the program?
How to apply to the YouTube Partner Program
So, what do you need to apply? These are the requirements to join the program:
- Comply with YouTube monetization policies
The platform will review your channel to make sure you comply with their monetization policies. If you do, they will keep analyzing so that you are always in good standing with YouTube.
Reviewers will assess different aspects like the theme of your channel, videos or metadata, such as title or thumbnail. If you want to learn more about YouTube monetization policies, check out this link.
- Have at least 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 public watch hours
You must have hit this number of watch hours in the last 12 months to fulfil the terms.
For the platform this data shows that you are a good content creator, a minimum condition to be part of this program.
- Sign up for an AdSense account
In order to get paid you must have an AdSense account or create one to link all the channels you want.
- Wait for their response
Once you have fulfilled all the requirements and linked your AdSense account, your channel will be under review by YouTube.Then, they will email you a decision:
- If YouTube approves your application, you can start setting up your ad preferences and start monetizing.
- If your request is rejected it is likely because you don't meet YouTube Partner Program Policies and community guidelines. You can submit an application again after 30 days of being notified.
If you haven't been approved, I recommend that you review YouTube policies and guidelines.
Click here to check the status of your application
If, on the other hand, your request has been admitted, keep reading to learn more about YouTube monetization.
Make money on YouTube internally
There are different ways to make money on YouTube, the first thing that you should know is that you can do it internally through YouTube platform or outside with other services.
You can earn money on YouTube using different channels:
Ad revenue
You can earn income through different types of ads.
To monetize with ads, you must be at least 18 years old or have a legal tutor over 18 to admin your AdSense account. Also, you must create content suitable for advertisers regarding: violence, drugs or adult content.
▶ Check out the content guidelines here ◀
Channel Memberships
You can offer special memberships to your subscribers in exchange for monthly payments. These memberships include exclusive perks:
For instance, badges that identify them as members of the channel or private chats.
You can offer memberships if you are older than 18 years old and your channel has at least 30,000 subscribers.
Merchandise shelf
On your YouTube channel, users can buy branded merchandising or any other product that you sell. These products will showcase on your watch pages.
To use this alternative to earn money with your YouTube channel, you must have at least 10,000 subscribers.
Super Chat & Super Stickers
Another way to earn extra income is to highlight your fans' messages in the chat streams in exchange for payment. If they pay for this service, they can get their messages pinned to the top of a chat feed.
To use this feature you only need to be in a country where this feature is available.
YouTube Premium revenue
You will get a share of the subscription of Premium subscribers if they watch your content.
You will get part of the income from YouTube Premium subscription. In this case, as a creator, you don't have to become a member or pay anything to start earning money through this feature.
What's YouTube Premium?
Users pay for this service in exchange for some benefits: Ad-free videos, downloads to see videos offline and the opportunity to support creators.
Other ways to make money on YouTube
Here, the only requirement is being consistent and to offer high quality. Which options do you have to monetize your channel outside YouTube?
- Sponsored products on your content
If you work hard and you get a good number of subscribers and visits, brands will "fight for you". In fact, they will fight for appearing on your videos by paying you an agreed amount or offering the products that you are promoting.
You can create a video review or an unboxing video. It is very important that the product that you are promoting is related to your content to avoid being too commercial and a disappointment to your subscribers.
- Get affiliate links
Another popular way of generating income on many online platforms. That is, it's not exclusive to YouTube.
Affiliate marketing is quite straightforward. A website, company or business offers you to collaborate with their affiliate program through a link for your channel. Each time someone takes an action from that link, you will earn a commission.
The most important thing is that the affiliate link is related to the content you share. For instance, a YouTuber who talks about fitness and has a link to a sportswear store.
Did you note down all the different methods that you can use to make money on YouTube? If you are interested in improving your marketing strategy with good planning:
If you have any question, we will read your comments. 🙂


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Vitamin C is a water soluble vitamin.So, no matter what amount you take in, the excess amount of it will simply pass out through urine. Hence taking too much of vitamin C has no effect on you unlike Vitamin A,E and other minerals.
Yes, in spite of frequent claims to the contrary. Although vitamin C is water-soluble - any excess is excreted rather than absorbed - too much of it is not a good thing for some people. This is also true of the B vitamins, which are also water-soluble. Excess comsumption of vitamin C may cause: - Intestinal irritation, intestinal gas, and painful urination. - Skin rashes. - Depletion of copper from your body. - Increased absorption of iron by your body. - Increased risk of formation of oxalate kidney stones. - Blood tests to produce inaccurate results (e.g., blood-sugar tests) - Symptons of scurvy, following a sudden drop in dosage after consuming excess amounts for a prolonged period (e.g., reduce consumption slowly). Everything in moderation and in balance makes for a healthy lifestyle. This includes all water-soluble vitamins. All fat-soluble vitamins should be treated with due caution (A, D, E, and K).
It has a temporary effect- it can give you diarrheoa as the excess is passed out from the body, but the effects in this sense are not long term. As Vitamin C tablets often come from a citrus source they can also cause adverse reactions- in my case sore tongue and mouth ulcers, but they canalso produce a rash, or stomach ache as they disturb the body's acid balance. The main thing to be wary of is taking large doses of Vitamin C and then stopping, suddenly- which can cause withdrawal symptoms and even scurvy. Sailors in the early 20th century were known to make use of this method to make themselves appear ill and be sent home, the idea being that provided you return to a normal level of the vitamin fairly quickly, no long term damage would be done to the body.
The only proven benefit of taking high doses of Vitamin C is to the income of the people selling it to you. Study after study has shown that taking Vitamin C supplements (beyond the tiny amount needed by the body) is not useful in the prevention or treatment of any disease.
No; as it's not retained in the body.
If you are thinking that 2,000 mg of Vitamin C might be harmful to you, see this quote by Dr. Eduardo Castro in his article Much to Do About Cholesterol: Linus Pauling, the only person to win two unshared Nobel prizes, one in physics and one in chemistry, studied the inflammatory condition in arteries and found substantial evidence that much of the damage in arteries is due to a very mild form of scurvy from inadequate intake of Vitamin C. A marked decrease in arterial damage and inflammation is seen when 5,000-15,000 mg of Vitamin C are taken daily. I have read that Dr. Linus Pauling used to take 18,000 mg of Vitamin C a day. You will know that you have too much vitamin C when your bowels become too loose. If you are ill with a cold you will want to take extra vitamin C. So just back off the dosage when your bowels become too loose. You can't overdose on Vitamin C.
yes, can cause diarrhea, gas, or stomach upset +5
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Revisionist reboots of modern classics can open your eyes — or make them glaze over. Broadway's stark, stripped-back new take on "The Glass Menagerie" starring Sally Field lands, alas, in the latter category. Tennessee Williams' 1945 masterwork has never emerged smaller, flatter or less poignant. Or soggier, thanks to a downpour inside the home where the story unfolds. Yes, that happens.
Tom Wingfield (Joe Mantello), the author's stand-in who narrates the play, begins things as usual. "Yes, I have tricks in my pocket," he tells the audience. "I have things up my sleeve." (Short sleeve, that is; he wears a Tee, jeans and sneakers in this modern-dress revival.) "I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion."
Sam Gold, a thoughtful director who won a Tony for "Fun Home," has tricks of his own, including rain that leaves the stage and clothes dripping. Scenery is bare bones: a couple sticks of furniture, a phonograph, a few props amid the vast, near-empty stage. Note: When interest wanes, which happens when actors don't connect, there's an unobstructed view of the soaring fly space at the Belasco.
Tricks don't end there. Tom's physically challenged sister Laura (Madison Ferris) doesn't just limp, she's in a wheelchair. That's been done on stage before. But for this Laura, every movement is arduous. How she wanders around St. Louis, as she says she does, is a mystery. But it's a memory play and hindsight actually isn't 20/20. In recollections, Tom seems to have amplified Laura's condition to punish himself for abandoning her and their mother Amanda (Field). Dressed in a pink monstrosity of a dress, Amanda looks like a Pepto Bismol explosion when Jim (Finn Wittrock), the gentleman caller, arrives. Would she wear that? Or is Tom is an unreliable narrator — think, "Gone Boy."
On paper, it's intriguing. In practice, it makes for a disjointed "Glass" that is empty of emotion and impact. Intimacy gets lost when actors seem to be in different plays. Field fares best and holds her own in a low-key, mostly drawl-free performance. Mantello is too tic-y by half, Wittrock is one-note eager-beaver-y and Ferris, who uses a wheelchair offstage, is a newcomer whose lack of experience shows. Jim and Laura's doomed encounter always stirs up feelings — but not here.
Same goes for the affecting conclusion, which Gold distorts. "Blow out your candles Laura," begs Tom, who's searching his mind and seeking forgiveness. Laura obliges, per Williams. Per Gold, she shakes her head no. I'm with her: The naysaying Laura mirrored my response to the evening.


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COMING TO A THEATER NEAR YOU….Now this sounds like Academy Award bait, doesn't it?
The Iranian military says it will soon release a film documenting the arrest, interrogation and statements by UK sailors held in Iran for two weeks.
….The military will release a CD and book about the arrest of the sailors — or, as it calls them, "British aggressors". The statement came from the culture and propaganda office of the joint chief of staff of Iran's armed forces.
A CD and a book! I can't wait. If they were smart, though, they'd auction off the rights to a British tabloid. That oil won't last forever, after all.


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Rhapsody Hills
The first in a brand new RomCom series launches March 2, 2020! Born from the "number neighbor" idea and turning into so much more, Texting The Enemy will have you laughing, swooning, & cheering.
What happens when your flirty number neighbor turns out to be your grumpy office rival?
When Matthew's gorgeous/grouchy co-coworker sends him an "anonymous" text, he can do one of three things:
A) Immediately tell her she's made a huge mistake and rub it in her face forever.
B) Ignore the text and pretend he isn't harboring secret hate-love for his former childhood best friend turned job-threatening ice-queen.
C) Take full, flirtatious advantage of the fact she has no clue it's his number, realize his feelings for her never really died, enlist the help of her friends, and screw up spectacularly every time he tries to make her fall for the "real him."
"C" all the way, baby.
Texting the Enemy has it all: childhood friends to enemies to lovers, fun banter, office hijinks, meddling family, kick-a$$ side characters, plot twists, mystery, and the super swoony happy ever after you expect from a T.K. Barber novel. Buy now!


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Dos Pueblos scored six runs in the sixth inning and knocked off Alemany, 7-3 in a non-league baseball game on Saturday. Alemany is ranked sixth in the L.A. Times Southland Poll.
With the Chargers hitless and down 2-0, Gio Macias came off the bench to start the rally in the sixth. He was hit by a pitch and advanced to third on a double by Travis Craven. Drake Hawn laced a ball to right field to score Macias but was thrown out at first by the right fielder.
Luke Coffey drove in Craven with a double to tie the score at 2-2. Dustin Demeter and Nick Noggle reached base to load the bases for Jessie Speier. He delivered with a two-out, two-run single off the right-field fence. Michael Boelter reached base on an error to make it 5-2 and Macias doubled in a run for a 6-2 lead.
DP starter Josh Knight gave up two in the first and then settled down and didn't allow a run over the next four innings. Craven threw out two runners at first from right field and went 2-for-3 at the plate/


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Commencement ceremonies are held once a year at the end of the spring semester for students who graduated in December of the previous year and candidates for graduation in May and August of the current year. Commencement information is available on the SDSU Commencement website in the middle of the fall semester. The Commencement brochure will be mailed to the address listed in the SDSU WebPortal in early spring.
Frequently Asked Questions
- If I participate in the Commencement Ceremony, does that mean I have graduated from SDSU?
- All students that have an active graduation application on file with the university by the deadline of the published filing period will be invited to participate in the commencement ceremony. Participation in the commencement ceremony does not mean your degree with the university has been conferred. For example, if your active graduation application on file is for August graduation and you plan to complete your remaining degree requirements in summer immediately following the May commencement ceremony, you have not yet earned your degree from SDSU. You will still be required to complete the remaining requirements in summer and will be considered an August graduate assuming successful completion of your remaining degree requirements.
- Will I receive my diploma at the commencement ceremony?
- No. Diplomas will be mailed to the diploma address indicated in your SDSU WebPortal at the time the order is placed. Diplomas are ordered only after the degree has been officially posted to the SDSU record.
- What name will be listed in the commencement program?
- The name that will be listed in the commencement program is the same as your diploma name. Make sure to choose your diploma name when completing the graduation application. Otherwise your legal name shall be used in the commencement program.
- Will my name be listed in the commencement program if my information is confidential?
- Your name will NOT be listed in the commencement program if you have confidential directory information.


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4906 58 Street W, Forestburg. T0B 1N0
Welcome to Forestburg's New Subdivision containing 13 residential lots ready to build on. These lots are located on the West side of the Village close to the golf course, community centre and RV park. Forestburg is a community within Flagstaff County located 45 min East of Stettler and 55 minutes South East of Camrose. This community offers affordable living with all the amenities and services within the Village such as K-12 school, 9 hole golf course and curling rink, the only outdoor pool in the County, tennis courts, 2 arenas, 1 for riding horses and the other for hockey and figure skating. The Village also offers numerous restaurant choices, hardware store, insurance and registry services, doctors, dentist, chiropractor, yoga and so much more. Take a short drive and see what this great community has to offer. All services are at the lot line, taxes to be assessed yet. GST applicable
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1930 Graduating Class Composite Photo
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Top row, L-R: Elizabeth Padgett; William Williamson; Doris Anderson; Herschel Harrison; Mazie Vayette; Duane Swanson; Alice Purdy.
2nd row; Robert Starr; Dorothy Sellers; Gerald Goddard*; Evelyn Stoner; Rex Rust. Marge Hastings; Carl Deardurff.
1st row; Ruth Deardurff; Jim Best*; Josephine Eickmann; Louise Goddard; Harold Severs; Ruth Robinson.
(Alva Smart; Doris Potts; Kathleen Ahern; Alvin L Bruns; and Evelyn Mae Hayworth, are not pictured)
*Gerald Goddard and Jim Best did not graduate with the Class of 1930.


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McMaster Engineering's co-op and internship program gives students the chance to learn and develop the skills that they have practiced in classes over the course of their degrees. These workplace opportunities extend the curriculum and give students practical engineering experience. That being said, a person's chosen field of study may not be related at all to the industry in which they find themselves. While that might be considered a disadvantage to some, it lets people explore their options under circumstances not usually afforded to them. In my case, this translated to my learning about aerospace engineering as a student from an electrical engineering background.
Between May 14th, 2018 and August 23rd, 2019, I was given a fantastic internship opportunity to work at Bombardier Aerospace, and later De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited. In that role, I had the chance to learn about the inner workings of the Dash-8 Series of planes. You may know them as the planes you use when you fly on Porter, WestJet, or Air Canada Jazz.
During the course of my internship, I was a part of the Maintenance Engineering team that is responsible for supporting the maintenance of all airlines flying the Dash-8 Series. Think of it like you would car maintenance. You have scheduled times where you should do your oil checks, tire rotations, and engine checks; the same principle generally applies to planes, albeit in a far more regulated medium.
When it comes to airplane maintenance, airlines occasionally need support in interpreting their issues and analyzing appropriate solutions, which is where they would ask for a specialist opinion, which ended up being me, the person with no aerospace engineering background. As you can imagine, there is naturally going to be a steep learning curve in a transition like that, going from circuits and power and mechanics and aerodynamics, and there were points where I was severely out of my depth. That being said, my undergraduate path taught me not only how to analyze electrical systems, but also how to learn, unlearn, and relearn the necessary information to find the right solution for whatever problem with which I am tasked.
I think the best example of this adaptability came from a situation faced by a government support airline. This group was going to be flying a plane into a hurricane-affected area to provide emergency support supplies and services to the people affected. I was contacted to assess the possibility of providing an extension to certain maintenance which needed to be done on the plane, and which would have grounded it for multiple weeks.
There is no class which could teach you how to properly consider all the factors in this scenario. If I was able to help this airline get an extension on their maintenance schedule and if the plane were to meet with an accident, then I could be held liable for poor engineering judgement. However, if I did not act, then dozens upon dozens of people would not receive necessary emergency supplies. I think, after all my classes, and all my experiences up to that point, that was the first time I realized the weight placed upon those in the engineering profession, and the trust placed in our work. That moment is one that has defined my understanding of engineering, and I can thank my co-op experience for teaching me lessons that no classroom ever could.
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Soroptimist International of Vista and North County Inland's first-ever "Holiday Shopping Auction" raised a total of $580. All proceeds will go to our club's Service Fund, to be donated as educational grants to women in need. THANK YOU to all who bid and congratulations to the winning bidders!
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The news people were hoping to avoid hearing actually did come to pass Monday: Saquon Barkley will need surgery to repair a torn ACL in his right knee and will miss the rest of the season.
The Penn State product and NFL star with the New York Giants suffered his injury on a run early in the second quarter Sunday against the Chicago Bears. Barkley had to be helped off the field and later was carted to the locker room.
Initial reports Sunday suggested Barkley had torn his ACL. And confirmation came Monday afternoon.
Saquan Barkley soon will undergo surgery to repair the torn ACL in his right knee. https://t.co/xeUJWyZOU3
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 21, 2020
The Giants released a statement saying Barkley would undergo surgery "in the near future."
Anticipating how @saquon will attack rehab, I'm reminded of something his Athletic Director at @ZephyrAthletics said in 2017.
"His head's not as big as his legs, because his heart's bigger than both." https://t.co/Wsp1ncg3cQ
— Mark Wogenrich (@MarkWogenrich) September 21, 2020
Barkley was the No. 2 overall pick in the 2018 draft and was beginning his third NFL season with the Giants. He rushed for 1,307 yards his rookie season in 2018, then for 1,003 yards last year. He's scored 17 rushing touchdowns in his career.
He's also been productive as a receiver, with 149 catches for 1,219 yards and six TDs in his career.
Barkley got off to a slow start, with only 6 yards rushing on 15 carries in the opener against the Steelers. He carried four times for 28 yards Sunday before suffering the knee injury.


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This story is very close to my heart, as it was myself and my cousin Kalliopi Metaxaki who actually found little Fiongo.
One morning, when i went next door for a coffee to kallipoi's house, i noticed something strange in her dogs house…. upon further investigation, there was a tiny little puppy! now her dog is a male! so no chance he had given birth over night! Unfortunately people quite often dump dogs and puppies up where we live, as we are surrounded by olive trees….
Because i am still learning Greek, i had actually just learned the word 'fiongo' and it just stuck….
For the next couple of weeks, we tried to find out where he had come from, and track down any possible owners…… none where to be found.
So we contacted the shelter, and as he had not had any vaccinations or treatments for fleas or ticks, we took him to the vets for a check up, and then kept him at Kallipoi's house (as we didn't want to risk him given any disease to the puppies at the shelter or vise versa)
When it was time, he came to the shelter and was introduced to the other puppies around the same age as him…. To start with he was very shy and quiet with the other puppies….. but that didn't last long, and he showed us what a cheeky playful puppy he was.
Once Fiongo had had all his vaccinations, and was at the right age…. it was time for his debut to the world…..
And so his photo and information was put here on our website…. And this is where 2 very special people enter the picture…… Layla Wingate and her boyfriend Josh Bidgood…… Who after just having finished renovating their home, where just checking out the site…. not with the intention of adopting right now (plan was for a little bit in the future) but when they lay eyes on little fiongo they fell madly in love, and knew straight away that he was the one for them!
So the wheels were set in motion……. We owe a massive thank you to Tracee Walton (of Ambers Hope) who helped us massively, she was the one who organised his whole trip to England, and anyone who has transported a animal into the U knows, there is a lot of paper work, and small print that needs to be fixed 100% correctly. She was able to book his travel with Thompson Pet Transport who we can not recommend enough… the level of care they show to the animals that they are transporting is amazing, they have regular stops, with walks and play time, and they make daily photos and videos so that everyone waiting can see exactly how there precious cargo is getting on.
So Fiongo had to be in Athens (with Tracee) before he would leave, so that she could make sure all his paper work was in order, and make his papers for travelling to England….
So one evening, we took him to Heraklion to catch the over night ferry to Athens…. this little boy, travelled like a star… when you think that he had never been in a travel crate or a van before! he just lay down and slept the whole way… in fact when we arrived at Heraklion, i tried to get him out for a walk…. he just lifted his head and looked at me… as if to say… really?
The next morning he arrived safe and sound in Athens, and met the wonderful Tracee….. And i don't think she will mind if i tell you, this little man stole a piece of her heart… He was such a special little boy, who wanted nothing more than to snuggle and cuddle!
At this point i would like to mention something that a lot of people do not realise…. whilst fiongo was at the shelter with us, he was always very aloof…. he was not one of these puppies that would come running up to you like the others….. no! he would make you work for his attention…. and would much rather be running around playing. I am saying this as a lot of the time, when a dog is in the shelter he may show or act different to how he will in a real home…. we can never know for sure how he or she will react in a home environment….. and like in this case, who was a very shy boy in the shelter… as soon as he was in a home, was a completely different dog!
Tracee looked after this little angel for 2 weeks…. and in the time he was with her, he started to learn what it would be like to be in a real home, surrounded by love! and he liked it…… a lot!!! It was not all cuddles, he did some lead training and other important stuff as well….. but a lot of cuddles where had….
It took Fiongo a week to travel over land to England… we choose this way to bring him to England, firstly as it is the most stress free… Thompson Pet Transport have a DEFRA approved travel van, with special cages with blankets and toys in, and they treat each animal they are transporting as if it were there own… and secondly, the price, To fly in England is very very expensive….
Every day, me, Kalliopi, Tracee, Layla and Josh would be sent new photos and videos of how he was getting on, and we found out that this little man seems to touch the hearts of everyone he meets! everyone who has met him, says how sweet and loving he is.
After what seemed like eternity (as i believe it has now been a month since we set the ball rolling) Layla and Josh were waking up to go and collect their new family member……. They had decided to travel up the night before, and so they could be there bright and early the morning of the pick up….
What a beautiful moment!! Little fiongo…… who will now be named Bear! Who started his life thrown away like a piece of trash, unloved and unwanted, Had his photo seen from a little town in Cornwall…. and was now finally meeting the 2 people who would love him more than anything in the world……
From day one Bear has settled right into his new home….. not shy, not hiding….. but straight in for cuddles and love, as if he has always been there. There will be the usual hurdles now to over come…. house training, and general training…. But we are sure that Bear is going to have the best possible life, He has 2 very special people who love him to bits, and lots of extended family with other dogs for him to play with, and run around in the large fields that surround his home.
We want to say a huge thank you to:
Tracee Walton, without her help this would have not been anywhere as easy to sort out, or smooth.
Thompson Pet Transport: For taking such good care of Bear, and all the other animals they transport. (again…… really cant recommend these guys enough!!)
Nikos Pandermalis: for taking the amazing photo that caught Layla and Josh's eye.
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Heat waves have profoundly impacted biota globally over the past decade, especially where their ecological impacts are rapid, diverse, and broad-scale. Although usually considered in isolation for either terrestrial or marine ecosystems, heat waves can straddle ecosystems of both types at subcontinental scales, potentially impacting larger areas and taxonomic breadth than previously envisioned. Using climatic and multi-species demographic data collected in Western Australia, we show that a massive heat wave event straddling terrestrial and maritime ecosystems triggered abrupt, synchronous, and multi-trophic ecological disruptions, including mortality, demographic shifts and altered species distributions. Tree die-off and coral bleaching occurred concurrently in response to the heat wave, and were accompanied by terrestrial plant mortality, seagrass and kelp loss, population crash of an endangered terrestrial bird species, plummeting breeding success in marine penguins, and outbreaks of terrestrial wood-boring insects. These multiple taxa and trophic-level impacts spanned >300,000 km2—comparable to the size of California—encompassing one terrestrial Global Biodiversity Hotspot and two marine World Heritage Areas. The subcontinental multi-taxa context documented here reveals that terrestrial and marine biotic responses to heat waves do not occur in isolation, implying that the extent of ecological vulnerability to projected increases in heat waves is underestimated.
Recent dramatic ecological shifts in response to climate extremes have had profound societal impacts1 and have galvanized recognition of extreme climate events, rather than gradual, mean change, as the most conspicuous hand of climate change1,2. Of particular concern are short and extreme temperature anomalies spanning days to weeks, referred to collectively here as "heat waves"3. A terrestrial heat wave event can be identified as three or more consecutive days where the maximum temperature is over the 90th percentile4, whereas a marine heat wave is usually defined as a discrete, prolonged, anomalously warm water event in a particular location5. The land area affected by heat waves is expected to double by 2020 and quadruple by 20406. In combination with droughts, heat waves are also predicted to increase in frequency and magnitude, with climate models pointing at land–atmosphere coupling as a key reason for this exacerbation7,8. Increases in frequency are not restricted to terrestrial heat waves; marine heat waves now occur 4–5 times more often than in the 1980s9.
Heat waves can produce profound physiological consequences for flora and fauna2,10,11, triggering mortality, abrupt demographic and community-level disruptions, and ecosystem reconfigurations12,13,14 – as also reflected in well-documented spikes in human mortality during recent heat waves1,12. Despite the potential subcontinental scale of heat waves15, studies of heat wave effects on biota almost exclusively focus on physiological or phenological change to a single species or ecosystem type10,16,17,18. This precludes broader evaluation of their impacts, which could disrupt biota across taxonomic and evolutionary lineages, multiple trophic levels, and fundamentally different ecosystem types. In terrestrial ecosystems, research has focused on the combined effects of drought and heat on tree die-off17, with more recent studies pointing to the specific importance of heat waves16. However in marine ecosystems, heat waves alone are recognised as obvious and dramatic drivers of extensive coral bleaching and mortality19,20,21. Long-term, gradual climate-driven changes in growth chronology have been reported within individuals from both terrestrial and marine organism systems22. But, despite the potential for heat waves to straddle terrestrial and marine ecosystems concurrently15,23 their ability to simultaneously trigger ecological responses in both ecosystems at the ecoregion and sub-continental scale has received limited attention. Furthermore, although heat waves are explicitly discussed in terms of impacts on human populations in the most recent climate assessment reports, their full and detailed effects on ecosystems is lacking1,12. Given these gaps in reporting and knowledge, the full extent of ecological vulnerability to projected heat waves may be underestimated.
Following a heat wave event in early 2011, which straddled both the marine and terrestrial ecosystems of Western Australia, we aimed to document, using a meta-analytic framework, the pervasive ecological effect of a climate change-induced extreme event, highlight the breadth of taxa affected, and quantify demographic change in the abundance and mortality rates. We predicted that the heat wave could cause the loss of foundation species, demographic shifts, as well as alter the composition, structure and function of ecosystems, and change species distributions across a wide range of taxa. That is, overall, some taxa would respond positively, others negatively. Organisms present prior to the event (sessile species, long-lived vagile taxa) were assumed a priori to be negatively impacted, whereas vagile consumers that were not present or rare pre-heat wave were presumed to be neutral or increasing following a heat wave event.
Climatic event
The terrestrial maximum temperatures extending from 25°S at Shark Bay to 34°S at Cape Leeuwin for all of March 2011, were 2 °C higher than the long-term March average over the period 1971–2000 baseline (Fig. 1a). Minimum temperatures were also higher than average (see Fig. S1). At finer temporal and spatial scales, weekly maximum temperature near the Western Australian city of Perth (32°S, 116°E) exceeded long-term means by ~5 °C (Fig. 1b). The number of heat wave days in 2011 was the highest, and the Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI)24 was the lowest on record since 1960 (Fig. S2a,b). The terrestrial heat wave coincided with a drought characterized by an extremely dry 2010 winter (40–50% below the average rainfall25) and a 30-year pronounced drying trend of reduced winter rainfall (14% decline)26.
The conditions of the terrestrial heat wave were mirrored in marine conditions, and coincided with a near-record strength Leeuwin Current and one of the strongest La Niña events on record3. Sea surface temperatures (SST) were abnormally high27 and also nested within a long-term increase in mean SST for Western Australia28. The SSTs for March 2011 were 2–2.5 °C higher compared with the long-term March average over the period 1971–2011 (Fig. 1a) and close to the coast, weekly temperatures were 3–3.5 °C above long term averages (1990–2010) for that time of year (Fig. 1c).
Biotic response
The subcontinental heat wave event triggered statistically significant, abrupt, and synchronous (i.e. occurring within 1–2 seasons) biotic disruptions in both terrestrial and marine ecosystems, including mortality, demographic shifts and altered species distributions (Fig. 2a,b). Of 19 terrestrial quantitative contrasts, 17 (89%) were significant and all were in the expected direction (Fig. 2a). Of 20 marine quantitative contrasts, 14 (70%) were significant and all but one were in the hypothesised direction (Fig. 2b).
When further refined into trophic levels, primary producers in both terrestrial (Fig. 2c) and marine (Fig. 2d) ecosystems showed decreases in both survival and cover, in response to the heat wave. Consumers were subdivided a priori into groups to differentiate those expected to decrease in abundance following a heat wave (sessile organisms, long-lived vertebrates) from those expected to increase in abundance or distribution (e.g. tropical fish). Consumers expected to be negatively affected by the heat wave did so for both the terrestrial (Fig. 2e) and marine (Fig. 2f) ecosystems (abundance of the endangered cockatoo Calyptorhynchus latirostris, and breeding success of penguins Eudyptula minor declined). Similarly, consumers expected to increase in abundance did so for both the terrestrial (Fig. 2g) and marine (Fig. 2h) ecosystems (outbreaks of the wood boring insect Phoracantha semipunctata in response to dying trees) reinforcing support for the pervasive effect of the heat wave in both biomes. Further underscoring the scale of the event, taxa from a breadth of lineages were impacted by the heat wave (Table 1; species-specific responses by study are provided in Extended Data Table 1), providing additional evidence for the permeating effects of the heat wave.
The magnitude of changes documented was substantial. Mean shrub and tree mortality (including Beaufortia elegans, Eucalyptus marginata and Corymbia calophylla) was 19% following the heat wave (Fig. 2a), greatly exceeding the magnitude of background mortality (e.g. for Eucalyptus marginata, reported locally: 0.02–2.42%/yr29) and for forests elsewhere30. Annual counts of endangered Carnaby's Black Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris), have to date, not recovered from the substantial decline (60%) observed (Fig. 2; Extended Data Table 1). Our quantitative results are reinforced by other qualitative studies indicating sub-lethal heat wave impacts, including partial tree canopy dieback31, coral bleaching32, decline in health status of turtles (Chelonia mydas)18, and altered lobster (Panulirus cygnus) behaviour33.
The results of our meta-analytic approach illustrate a broad range of diverse and pervasive biotic disruptions caused by a heat wave, reflecting strong spatial coherence between climate signal and ecological response. These include loss of foundation, habitat-forming species such as trees (e.g. Eucalyptus marginata and Corymbia calophylla16), corals (Acropora34), algae35, critical reductions in ionic vertebrate species such as an endangered cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus latirostris36), and penguins (Eudyptula minor37), increased abundance of fishes (e.g. Labracinus lineatus35), and an outbreak of wood boring insects (Phoracantha semipunctata38). Specifically, negative impacts of the heat wave were anticipated for taxa where individuals were physically present during the heat wave. For example, all sessile organisms, as well as longer-lived vertebrates such as Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor) and Carnaby's Black Cockatoos (Calyptorhynchus latirostris). In contrast, a number of species increased dramatically from low numbers (tropical fish and wood boring beetles). The attribute of a species population being present prior to the heat wave provided a clear and useful way in which to consider heat wave response syndromes39. Qualitative studies describing responses to the heat wave also reinforced our quantitative results (Extended Data Table 1). Ecological changes triggered by heat waves like those we document here are likely to cause fundamental disruptions in the structure40, function41, and distribution of species leading to phase shifts42 or cascades43 to alternate ecological states with long-term consequences for ecosystem services44. For example, following the heat wave discussed in this study, 36% of seagrass meadows were damaged in Shark Bay, a world heritage listed area, and an estimated 2–9 Tg CO2 may have been released to the atmosphere44. Similarly, the 2003 heat wave in Europe resulted in significant disruptions to productivity across multiple forest ecosystems45,46, and the heat wave in 2012 in the NW Atlantic Ocean which led to marine species shifting their geographic distribution and seasonal cycles23. Additional flow-on effects include changes to key ecological processes, such as herbivory14,35,42,47, which maintained altered habitats, reduced resilience of tree populations to pests and pathogens38, altered forest structure40,48, and increased proximal predicted rate of wildfire spread49. As the frequency and spatial extent of heat waves continues to increase1,50, recovery times and persistence opportunities for many of these species may be further impacted.
Collectively, these results show a consistent, synchronous large spatial and taxonomic response throughout a terrestrial-marine ecoregion. We infer this from the spatial coherence of observations and consistency of findings across taxa, trophic groups, and ecosystems types within 1–2 seasons following the heat wave. Our results do not enable us to evaluate more detailed questions about the precise causality of responses to the heat wave, or the longer-term impacts or resilience. The rapid response of many taxa to heat stress indicate changes in abundance and condition are likely a direct consequence of the heat wave. However, for species with protracted change we are unable to determine if this is a direct response to the heat wave or an indirect response to changes in resource availability. Our results are consistent with some expected cross-taxa sensitivities, particularly for terrestrial woody plant species for which mortality increased with lifeforms progressing towards more mesic-affiliated taxa, from heathland shrubs (~2% mortality) to heathland trees (~18%) to woodland trees (~25%) to forest trees (~49%; Table 1). The coherence of marine and terrestrial responses to the heat wave also are suggestive that tree mortality patterns, while likely predisposed by drought, appear to have been triggered by the heat wave itself. Observations of changes in crown health corresponded with a prolonged heat wave in late February 201116. These findings provide a foundation on which to build future experimental and observational studies regarding the specific nature of heat wave impacts, while simultaneously providing evidence for the potential of heat waves to trigger pervasive and spatially extensive biotic disruptions.
Understanding the coherence of the marine and terrestrial heat wave requires an appreciation of large-scale atmospheric and oceanic climatic drivers. Sea surface temperatures (SSTs) along the west coast of Australia are linked to the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), which influences the strength of southerly flowing currents via the Indonesian Flow Through. La Nina years are associated with a stronger Leeuwin current and warmer tropical SSTs at high latitude temperate reefs51,52. During the 2010–2011 Austral summer, an exceptionally strong La Nina event and northerly winds resulted in a surge in the Leeuwin current and abnormally high SSTs temperatures along the ocean margins of southwestern Australia53. In the terrestrial system, the warmer and dryer than average conditions in southwestern Australia leading up to the 2010–2011 event, follow a long-term warming and drying trend. While the warming trend has been largely attributed to increased anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions26,54, the cause of the consistent reduction in rainfall since the 1970s is not as clear, with numerous studies identifying several factors as likely contributors. This includes natural variability55, changes in ocean temperatures56,57, land-use change58, a southern shift of storm tracks59, as well as snowfall increases in coastal east Antarctica60. The latest global climate projections61 and recent high resolution regional climate projections62 show a statistically significant decline in winter rainfall across southwestern Australia linked to few rain bearing fronts traversing the region, consistent with a southern shift of storm tracks59. However, compound terrestrial and marine heat waves in this region, and the degree to which they could be linked along a given terrestrial-marine continental boundary, remains uncertain. Nonetheless, the coherence of the marine and terrestrial patterns seen in the 2011 event is striking, and future evaluation of potential linkages is warranted.
The biotic disruptions that we document are notable in each of five aspects, in that our results: (1) build from a focus on single or co-dominant species studies10,16,17,18 to document responses across broad taxonomic lineages; (2) extend beyond physiological1,11 or phenological1 change to demographic disruptions; (3) move beyond focus on gradual ecological changes12,22,30 to specifically assess abrupt ecological change; (4) quantify changes from individual locations16,17,18 to spanning up to sub-continental scale; and (5) break down silos across historic disciplinary boundaries between marine13,14,18,19,35,42,47 and terrestrial11,16 ecology. That our results simultaneously show biotic responses in all five of these aspects provides evidence for the pervasive ecological vulnerability to a climate change-induced extreme event. We have documented and highlighted the breadth of taxa affected and quantified demographic change in abundance and mortality rates. Collectively, our results imply that the full extent of ecological vulnerability to projected heat waves is grossly underestimated.
We evaluated the ecological responses associated with a subcontinental heat wave in 2010–2011 across an ecoregion of adjoining terrestrial and marine ecosystems along the Western Australian coast. To characterize physical heat wave conditions in both terrestrial and marine ecosystems, we compared 2011 temperature conditions with long-term averages (1971–2000). Impact on terrestrial and marine biota (N = 30 taxa) was then assessed via assimilating published reports and summarising using a meta-analytic framework.
Climatic Data. The daily maximum and minimum temperature and precipitation dataset used in this study is the Australian Bureau of Meteorology's gridded observational product. The dataset has a resolution of 5 km and represents an interpolation from a network of weather stations across Australia, employing topography-resolved analysis methods to minimize uncertainty in fitting a surface to observations63. This dataset was chosen as it is the most reliable and widely used by numerous studies which focus on heat waves in Australia, e.g.4,64,65,66.
A terrestrial heat wave event within the climate record (1960–2014) was identified as three consecutive days during Austral summer months (November to March) where the maximum temperature was over the 90th percentile threshold (based on a 15-day analysis window). These calculations followed the 'CTX90pct' method4, a method well suited to capturing trends in heat waves in Australia. Heat wave days are calculated as the sum of all summer days that were identified in a heat wave event for a particular summer period (i.e. November 2010 to March 2011 was assigned as 2011 summer).
Sea Surface Temperature (SST) data are from Reynolds et al.67. This dataset combines in-situ observations and remotely sensed estimates to produce a SST dataset at a 1 by 1 degree resolution and is suitable for monitoring of weather and climate on a weekly time-scale since the 1990s. Whilst there are other blended in-situ and remotely sensed SSTs datasets such as that of Rayner et al.68, these are only available on a monthly time-scale, which was judged too coarse for capturing heat wave events. Therefore the dataset of Reynolds et al.67 was chosen because of its higher frequency and previous use in heat wave studies, e.g5,69.
Biotic Data. Our aim was to quantify pre- to post-heat wave demographic change in the abundance or mortality rates of individual taxa (see Extended Data Table 1 for detailed description of metrics). To quantify the magnitude of ecological impacts from the heat wave, data were sourced from peer-reviewed publications, government reports, and unpublished sources (Extended Data Table 1). Authors used the peer-reviewed literature, local knowledge, and professional contacts to identify data sources and develop a dataset of heat wave disruptions, encompassing 45 records of 30 terrestrial and marine taxa from within the impacted ecoregion. For marine data, a workshop was held shortly after the heat wave event33 and evidence of impacts, both quantitative and qualitative, were compiled. We relied on this report and participants' subsequent publications for marine-based data. For terrestrial impacts, most data were unpublished and contributed by co-authors. To merit inclusion, data on heat wave impacts had to include information from October 2010 to July 2011 (start of the marine heat wave and end of the terrestrial heat wave responses), include an unimpacted contrast (typically prior measurement), and be from the impacted region of Western Australia (marine: latitudes 20–34 °S; terrestrial: 25–34 °S; Fig. 1, Fig S1). All such available data were included: taxa and data were not selected on the basis of an observed impact and were treated as a sample of taxa measured during the climate event. How the taxa examined were selected for survey in the first place varied for each study, typically species were keystone species, ecosystem dominants or threatened taxa. To be included, quantitative data had to report a pre to post comparison (10 studies) or a space for time substitution (1 study; Extended Data Table 1).
Data were extracted from studies recording taxon, location, mean, error, and sample size for pre and post heat wave measurements. Data were demographic in nature, including mortality rates of individual plants or changes in population abundance (cover of plants, mortality rates of individual plants, counts of animals; Extended Data Table 1). Where data included multiple pre-heat wave measurements we combined prior data or retained only the previous year (where time scales >2 years prior). Where studies included multiple taxa, spanned a major geographic divide (island groups) or distance (>100 km), we recorded each comparison separately (Extended Data Table 1). Taxa affected were categorized in relation to their ecosystem function (producers: photosynthetic organisms including algae, seagrass, coral, shrubs, and trees; consumers: non-photosynthetic organisms). We further divided organisms based on their pre-heat wave prevalence/abundance and life history attributes of distribution (tropical/temperate) and disturbance response (positive/negative). This resulted in taxa classified in terms of expected positive (increaser) or negative (decreaser) response to a heat wave. In all cases, we relativised data within contrasts to set the pre-heat wave levels to an equivalent point to facilitate comparisons.
Impact data varied among studies depending on the initial design of the survey and the nature of the taxon in question. All parameters had a direct bearing on population response, and included: survival, abundance, range change or fecundity. Biotic disruption records were aggregated by trophic levels (primary vs. secondary), producers or consumers where taxa were classified a priori expected to decrease in abundance following the heat wave from those expected to increase in abundance or distribution (range extension). We expressed all biotic disruptions as percent change post-event, and normalized all pre heat wave values to zero, thereby permitting assessment of heat wave impacts and comparison across taxa and disparate units of measurement (similar to other meta-analytic studies where the outcome measures from different experiments are standardised and put on the same scale70). Means and 95% confidence intervals by functional group were calculated using a mean weighted by the number of independent sample units in order to facilitate pre to post comparisons. Lack of confidence interval overlap was interpreted as strong evidence of a difference between groups, and confidence interval overlap but not including the mean was interpreted as moderate evidence71. The datasets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on request.
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The authors thank Prof. D. Tissue and Dr. C. Allen for discussions and comments on the manuscript. K.X.R., G.M., G.E.St.J.H. were supported through the Western Australian State Centre of Excellence for Climate Change, Woodland and Forest Health, which is a partnership between private industry, community groups, Universities and the Government of Western Australia. D.D.B. was supported by a Sir Walter Murdoch Distinguished Collaborator Award from Murdoch University, the U.S. National Science Foundation (EF-1340649 and EF-1550756), the Consortium for Arizona-Mexico Arid Environments, and the Arizona Agriculture Experiment Station. J.K. is supported by an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Grant (DE170100102).
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