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Limiting global warming to 2 °C is unlikely to save most coral reefs
Katja Frieler,Malte Meinshausen,Malte Meinshausen,Antonius Golly,Matthias Mengel,K. Lebek,Simon D. Donner,Ove Hoegh-Guldberg +7 more
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It is shown that preserving >10% of coral reefs worldwide would require limiting warming to below 1.5C (atmosphere-ocean general circulation models (AOGCMs) range: 1.3-1.8C) relative to pre-industrial levels.Abstract:
Comprehensive computer simulations show that coral reefs are likely to suffer extensive long-term degradation resulting from mass bleaching events even if the expected increase in global mean temperature can be kept well below 2 °C Without major mitigation efforts to limit global warming significantly, the fate of coral reef ecosystems seems to be sealedread more
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Global decline in capacity of coral reefs to provide ecosystem services
Tyler D. Eddy,Tyler D. Eddy,Vicky W. Y. Lam,Gabriel Reygondeau,Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor,Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor,Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor,Krista Greer,Maria Lourdes D. Palomares,John F. Bruno,Yoshitaka Ota,William W. L. Cheung +11 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluate global changes in extent of coral reef habitat, coral reef fishery catches and effort, Indigenous consumption of coral reefs fishes, and coral-reef-associated biodiversity.
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The future of resilience-based management in coral reef ecosystems
Elizabeth Mcleod,Kenneth R. N. Anthony,Kenneth R. N. Anthony,Peter J. Mumby,Jeffrey Maynard,Roger Beeden,Nicholas A. J. Graham,Scott F. Heron,Scott F. Heron,Ove Hoegh-Guldberg,Stacy D. Jupiter,Petra MacGowan,Sangeeta Mangubhai,Nadine Marshall,Paul Marshall,Paul Marshall,Tim R. McClanahan,Karen L. McLeod,Magnus Nyström,David Obura,Britt-Anne A. Parker,Hugh P. Possingham,Hugh P. Possingham,Rodney Salm,Jerker Tamelander +24 more
TL;DR: It is argued that for RBM to be effective in a changing world, reef management strategies need to involve both existing and new interventions that together reduce stress, support the fitness of populations and species, and help people and economies to adapt to a highly altered ecosystem.
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Epigenome-associated phenotypic acclimatization to ocean acidification in a reef-building coral
Yi Jin Liew,Didier Zoccola,Yong Li,Eric Tambutté,Alexander A. Venn,Craig T. Michell,Guoxin Cui,Eva S. Deutekom,Jaap A. Kaandorp,Christian R. Voolstra,Sylvain Forêt,Denis Allemand,Sylvie Tambutté,Manuel Aranda +13 more
TL;DR: Analysis of DNA methylation patterns of corals subjected to long-term pH stress showed widespread changes in pathways regulating cell cycle and body size, which suggest an epigenetic component in phenotypic acclimatization that provides corals with an additional mechanism to cope with environmental change.
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Severe Continental-Scale Impacts of Climate Change Are Happening Now: Extreme Climate Events Impact Marine Habitat Forming Communities Along 45% of Australia’s Coast
Russell C. Babcock,Russell C. Babcock,Rodrigo H. Bustamante,Elizabeth A. Fulton,Derek J. Fulton,Michael D. E. Haywood,Alistair J. Hobday,Robert A. Kenyon,Richard J. Matear,Éva E. Plagányi,Anthony J. Richardson,Anthony J. Richardson,Mathew A. Vanderklift +12 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors synthesize information on a series of ECEs in Australia from 2011-2017 that led to well-documented, abrupt and extensive mortality of key marine habitat-forming organisms (e.g., corals, kelp forests, seagrasses and mangroves).
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Allowable carbon emissions lowered by multiple climate targets.
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