Finding coral reefs resilient to climate warming is challenging given the large spatial scale of
reef ecosystems. Methods are needed to predict the location of corals with heritable …

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The decline of coral reefs has been broadly attributed to human stressors being too strong
and pervasive, whereas biological processes that may render coral reefs fragile have been …

Coral reefs are threatened by global and local stressors. Yet, reefs appear to respond
differently to different environmental stressors. Using a global dataset of coral reef …

Global degradation of coral reefs has increased the urgency of identifying stress-tolerant
coral populations, to enhance understanding of the biology driving stress tolerance, as well …

Background Periods of anomalously warm ocean temperatures can lead to mass coral
bleaching. Past studies have concluded that anthropogenic climate change may rapidly …

Climate change threatens coral reefs across the world. Intense bleaching has caused
dramatic coral mortality in many tropical regions in recent decades, but less obvious chronic …

Increased temperature and CO 2 levels are considered key drivers of coral reef degradation.
However, individual assessments of ecological responses (calcification) to these stressors …

Climate change is reshaping biological communities against a background of existing
human pressure. Evaluating the impacts of multiple stressors on community dynamics can …

Highlights•Many coral reefs are becoming novel ecosystems with altered compositions and
interactions.•This is principally due to differential responses to a range of drivers, range …