Insights from extreme coral reefs in a changing world

JA Burt, EF Camp, IC Enochs, JL Johansen… - Coral Reefs, 2020 - Springer
Coral reefs are one of the most biodiverse and economically important ecosystems in the
world, but they are rapidly degrading due to the effects of global climate change and local …

Vegetation cover changes in China induced by ecological restoration-protection projects and land-use changes from 2000 to 2020

Y Cai, F Zhang, P Duan, CY Jim, NW Chan, J Shi, C Liu… - Catena, 2022 - Elsevier
Vegetation-coverage research shows China's significant 25% contribution to global
greening. Vegetation is the link between water, soil and atmosphere, making it an important …

A regional review of marine and coastal impacts of climate change on the ROPME sea area

S Lincoln, P Buckley, EL Howes, KM Maltby… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME) Sea Area
(RSA) in the northern Indian Ocean, which comprises the Gulf, the Gulf of Oman and the …

An assessment of people living by coral reefs over space and time

A Sing Wong, S Vrontos, ML Taylor - Global Change Biology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Human populations near ecosystems are used as both a proxy for dependency on
ecosystems, and conversely to estimate threats. Consequently, the number of people living …

Rapid site selection to prioritize coastal seascapes for nature-based solutions with multiple benefits

SJ Pittman, KA Stamoulis, M Antonopoulou… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Coastal seascapes are productive and diverse land-sea systems that provide many valuable
benefits yet are increasingly threatened by human activity. Scaling up of nature-based …

[HTML][HTML] Mangrove forest regeneration age map and drivers of restoration success in Gulf Cooperation Council countries from satellite imagery

M Mohan, AD Roy, JF Montenegro, MS Watt… - Remote Sensing …, 2024 - Elsevier
Mangrove forests are found across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region despite
challenging environmental extremes, including highly variable temperatures and …

Measuring urban sustainability from the quality of the built environment and pressure on the natural environment in China: A case study of the Shandong Peninsula …

X Fang, X Shi, W Gao - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2021 - Elsevier
This study aims to propose a new evaluation system for urban sustainability, defined as the
ratio of the two dimensions: quality of the built environment and environmental pressure. The …

Identifying coastal and marine priority areas for conservation in the United Arab Emirates

EB Lamine, D Mateos-Molina, M Antonopoulou… - Biodiversity and …, 2020 - Springer
The waters of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) host a diversity of marine and coastal habitats
that are under increasing pressure from multiple anthropogenic activities related to rapid …

Climate change: A driver of future conflicts in the Persian Gulf Region?

AN Beni, N Marriner, A Sharifi, J Azizpour, K Kabiri… - Heliyon, 2021 - cell.com
Ongoing global change and its direct environmental impacts, in addition to securing
economic transition to the post-oil era, could trigger complex socio-economic and political …

Artificial reefs in the Arabian Gulf: benefits, challenges and recommendations for policy-makers

A Bartholomew, JA Burt, LB Firth - Regional Studies in Marine Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Artificial reef (AR) deployment has increased dramatically in the Arabian/Persian Gulf in
recent years, and will likely continue as Gulf nations continue to develop their coastlines and …