The impact of rising temperatures on the prevalence of coral diseases and its predictability: A global meta‐analysis

S Burke, P Pottier, M Lagisz, EL Macartney… - Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Coral reefs are under threat from disease as climate change alters environmental
conditions. Rising temperatures exacerbate coral disease, but this relationship is likely …

Coral reefs benefit from reduced land–sea impacts under ocean warming

JM Gove, GJ Williams, J Lecky, E Brown, E Conklin… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Coral reef ecosystems are being fundamentally restructured by local human impacts and
climate-driven marine heatwaves that trigger mass coral bleaching and mortality. Reducing …

Systematic review of the uncertainty of coral reef futures under climate change

SG Klein, C Roch, CM Duarte - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Climate change impact syntheses, such as those by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change, consistently assert that limiting global warming to 1.5° C is unlikely to safeguard …

[HTML][HTML] Future loss of local-scale thermal refugia in coral reef ecosystems

AM Dixon, PM Forster, SF Heron, AMK Stoner… - Plos Climate, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Thermal refugia underpin climate-smart management of coral reefs, but whether current
thermal refugia will remain so under future warming is uncertain. We use statistical …

Continent-wide declines in shallow reef life over a decade of ocean warming

GJ Edgar, RD Stuart-Smith, FJ Heather, NS Barrett… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Human society is dependent on nature,, but whether our ecological foundations are at risk
remains unknown in the absence of systematic monitoring of species' populations …

Emergent increase in coral thermal tolerance reduces mass bleaching under climate change

L Lachs, SD Donner, PJ Mumby, JC Bythell… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Recurrent mass bleaching events threaten the future of coral reefs. To persist under climate
change, corals will need to endure progressively more intense and frequent marine …

Oceanic differences in coral-bleaching responses to marine heatwaves

T Shlesinger, R van Woesik - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Anomalously high ocean temperatures have increased in frequency, intensity, and duration
over the last several decades because of greenhouse gas emissions that cause global …

Co-benefits of marine protected areas for nature and people

AJ Nowakowski, SWJ Canty, NJ Bennett, CE Cox… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Conservation interventions are central strategies for achieving sustainable development
goals given the inextricable dependence of humanity on nature. Current debate centres on …

Within-population variability in coral heat tolerance indicates climate adaptation potential

A Humanes, L Lachs… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Coral reefs are facing unprecedented mass bleaching and mortality events due to marine
heatwaves and climate change. To avoid extirpation, corals must adapt. Individual variation …

Cumulative bleaching undermines systemic resilience of the Great Barrier Reef

MWM Cheung, K Hock, W Skirving, PJ Mumby - Current biology, 2021 - cell.com
Climate change and ENSO have triggered five mass coral bleaching events on Australia's
Great Barrier Reef (GBR), three of which occurred in the last 5 years. 1–5 Here, we explore …