Nutrient-supplying ocean currents modulate coral bleaching susceptibility

TM DeCarlo, L Gajdzik, J Ellis, DJ Coker… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
With predictions that mass coral bleaching will occur annually within this century,
conservation efforts must focus their limited resources based on an accurate understanding …

Nutrient enrichment can increase the susceptibility of reef corals to bleaching

J Wiedenmann, C D'Angelo, EG Smith, AN Hunt… - Nature Climate …, 2013 - nature.com
Mass coral bleaching, resulting from the breakdown of coral–algal symbiosis has been
identified as the most severe threat to coral reef survival on a global scale. Regionally …

Coral‐bleaching responses to climate change across biological scales

R Van Woesik, T Shlesinger, AG Grottoli… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The global impacts of climate change are evident in every marine ecosystem. On coral reefs,
mass coral bleaching and mortality have emerged as ubiquitous responses to ocean …

Nitrogen pollution interacts with heat stress to increase coral bleaching across the seascape

MK Donovan, TC Adam, AA Shantz… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Climate change is increasing the frequency and magnitude of temperature anomalies that
cause coral bleaching, leading to widespread mortality of stony corals that can …

Climate change disables coral bleaching protection on the Great Barrier Reef

TD Ainsworth, SF Heron, JC Ortiz, PJ Mumby, A Grech… - Science, 2016 - science.org
Coral bleaching events threaten the sustainability of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). Here we
show that bleaching events of the past three decades have been mitigated by induced …

[HTML][HTML] Nearshore turbid-zone corals exhibit high bleaching tolerance on the Great Barrier Reef following the 2016 ocean warming event

KM Morgan, CT Perry, JA Johnson… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
High sea surface temperatures (SSTs) on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) during summer
2015/2016 caused extensive coral bleaching, with aerial and in-water surveys confirming …

Coral bleaching patterns are the outcome of complex biological and environmental networking

DJ Suggett, DJ Smith - Global Change Biology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Continued declines in coral reef health over the past three decades have been punctuated
by severe mass coral bleaching‐induced mortality events that have grown in intensity and …

[HTML][HTML] High frequency temperature variability reduces the risk of coral bleaching

A Safaie, NJ Silbiger, TR McClanahan… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Coral bleaching is the detrimental expulsion of algal symbionts from their cnidarian hosts,
and predominantly occurs when corals are exposed to thermal stress. The incidence and …

Coral bleaching pathways under the control of regional temperature variability

CE Langlais, A Lenton, SF Heron, C Evenhuis… - Nature Climate …, 2017 - nature.com
Increasing sea surface temperatures (SSTs) are predicted to adversely impact coral
populations worldwide through increasing thermal bleaching events. Future bleaching is …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …