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 …

Mechanisms and impacts of Earth system tipping elements

S Wang, A Foster, EA Lenz, JD Kessler… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Tipping elements are components of the Earth system which may respond nonlinearly to
anthropogenic climate change by transitioning toward substantially different long‐term …

Hidden heatwaves and severe coral bleaching linked to mesoscale eddies and thermocline dynamics

ASJ Wyatt, JJ Leichter, L Washburn, L Kui… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The severity of marine heatwaves (MHWs) that are increasingly impacting ocean
ecosystems, including vulnerable coral reefs, has primarily been assessed using remotely …

Smooth and spiky: the importance of variability in marine climate change ecology

JD Witman, AJ Pershing, JF Bruno - Annual Review of Ecology …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Greenhouse gas emissions are warming the ocean with profound consequences at all
levels of organization, from organismal rates to ecosystem processes. The proximate driver …

Mesophotic coral bleaching associated with changes in thermocline depth

C Diaz, NL Foster, MJ Attrill, A Bolton… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
As global temperatures continue to rise, shallow coral reef bleaching has become more
intense and widespread. Mesophotic coral ecosystems reside in deeper (30–150 m), cooler …

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 …

Ocean currents magnify upwelling and deliver nutritional subsidies to reef-building corals during El Niño heatwaves

MD Fox, R Guillaume-Castel, CB Edwards, J Glanz… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Marine heatwaves are triggering coral bleaching events and devastating coral populations
globally, highlighting the need to identify processes promoting coral survival. Here, we show …

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 …

Offshore pelagic subsidies dominate carbon inputs to coral reef predators

C Skinner, AC Mill, MD Fox, SP Newman, Y Zhu… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Coral reefs were traditionally perceived as productive hot spots in oligotrophic waters. While
modern evidence indicates that many coral reef food webs are heavily subsidized by …

Satellite data-driven and knowledge-informed machine learning model for estimating global internal solitary wave speed

X Zhang, X Li - Remote Sensing of Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Internal solitary waves (ISW) are widely distributed worldwide and significantly affect the
ocean environment and offshore activities. ISW propagation speed is important for ISW …