Climate change, human impacts, and coastal ecosystems in the Anthropocene

Q He, BR Silliman - Current Biology, 2019 - cell.com
Coastal zones, the world's most densely populated regions, are increasingly threatened by
climate change stressors—rising and warming seas, intensifying storms and droughts, and …

Seagrass restoration is possible: insights and lessons from Australia and New Zealand

YM Tan, O Dalby, GA Kendrick, J Statton… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Seagrasses are important marine ecosystems situated throughout the world's coastlines.
They are facing declines around the world due to global and local threats such as rising …

Marine heatwaves drive recurrent mass mortalities in the Mediterranean Sea

J Garrabou, D Gómez‐Gras, A Medrano… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is causing an increase in the frequency and intensity of marine heatwaves
(MHWs) and mass mortality events (MMEs) of marine organisms are one of their main …

Marine heatwaves threaten global biodiversity and the provision of ecosystem services

DA Smale, T Wernberg, ECJ Oliver, M Thomsen… - Nature Climate …, 2019 - nature.com
The global ocean has warmed substantially over the past century, with far-reaching
implications for marine ecosystems. Concurrent with long-term persistent warming, discrete …

Combating ecosystem collapse from the tropics to the Antarctic

DM Bergstrom, BC Wienecke… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, collapse of ecosystems—potentially irreversible change to ecosystem structure,
composition and function—imperils biodiversity, human health and well‐being. We examine …

Categorizing and naming marine heatwaves

AJ Hobday, ECJ Oliver, AS Gupta, JA Benthuysen… - Oceanography, 2018 - JSTOR
Considerable attention has been directed at understanding the consequences and impacts
of long-term anthropogenic climate change. Discrete, climatically extreme events such as …

Anthropogenic pressures and life history predict trajectories of seagrass meadow extent at a global scale

MP Turschwell, RM Connolly… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Seagrass meadows are threatened by multiple pressures, jeopardizing the many benefits
they provide to humanity and biodiversity, including climate regulation and food provision …

A marine heatwave drives massive losses from the world's largest seagrass carbon stocks

A Arias-Ortiz, O Serrano, P Masqué, PS Lavery… - Nature Climate …, 2018 - nature.com
Seagrass ecosystems contain globally significant organic carbon (C) stocks. However,
climate change and increasing frequency of extreme events threaten their preservation …

Projected marine heatwaves in the 21st century and the potential for ecological impact

ECJ Oliver, MT Burrows, MG Donat… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Marine heatwaves (MHWs) are extreme climatic events in oceanic systems that can have
devastating impacts on ecosystems, causing abrupt ecological changes and socioeconomic …

Seagrass meadows support global fisheries production

RKF Unsworth, LM Nordlund… - Conservation …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The significant role seagrass meadows play in supporting fisheries productivity and food
security across the globe is not adequately reflected in the decisions made by authorities …