“Climate tipping elements” often refer to large-scale earth systems with the potential to
respond nonlinearly to anthropogenic climate change by transitioning towards substantially …

Increasing inflows of nutrients to shallow coral reefs are an important stressor in ongoing
global reef degradation. Previous research has indicated that there are often major nutrient …

Understanding how coral reefs respond to natural disturbances is fundamental to assess
their resistance and resilience, particularly in a context of climate change. Therefore, and …

Long-term coral reef monitoring programs have been established and used efficiently in
many parts of the world to assess the state of coral reefs under increasing anthropogenic …

Despite the increases in the intensity and frequency of disturbances on coral reefs in the
Red Sea over the past decade, patterns of variability in fish communities are still poorly …

Deborah Burn studied the differential susceptibility of corals to varying disturbances
occurring in Australia's Coral Sea Marine Park. She found that susceptibility to injuries and …

This chapter assesses the scientific literature produced after the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC) 5th Assessment Report (AR5) dealing with past, current and future …