Decadal- to interannual-scale source water variations in the Caribbean Sea recorded by Puerto Rican coral radiocarbon
"Water that forms the Florida Current, and eventually the Gulf Stream, coalesces in the Caribbean from both subtropical and equatorial sources. The equatorial sources are made up of, in part, South Atlantic water moving northward and compensating for sout...
Shift from coral to macroalgae dominance on a volcanically acidified reef
"Rising anthropogenic CO2 in the atmosphere is accompanied by an increase in oceanic CO2 and a concomitant decline in seawater pH. The phenomemon, known as ocean acidification (OA), has been experimentally shown to impact the biology and ecology of numero...
Shifts in tourists' sentiments and climate risk perceptions following mass coral bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef
"Iconic places, including World Heritage areas, are symbolic and synonymous with national and cultural identities. Recognition of an existential threat to an icon may therefore arouse public concern and protective sentiment. Here we test this assumption b...
Vulnerability and adaptation of US shellfisheries to ocean acidification
"Ocean acidification is a global, long-term problem whose ultimate solution requires carbon dioxide reduction at a scope and scale that will take decades to accomplish successfully. Until that is achieved, feasible and locally relevant adaptation and miti...
Temporary refugia for coral reefs in a warming world
"Climate-change impacts on coral reefs are expected to include temperature-induced spatially extensive bleaching events. Bleaching causes mortality when temperature stress persists but exposure to bleaching conditions is not expected to be spatially unifo...
Ecological memory modifies the cumulative impact of recurrent climate extremes
"Climate change is radically altering the frequency, intensity and spatial scale of severe weather events, such as heatwaves, droughts, floods and fires. As the time interval shrinks between recurrent shocks, the responses of ecosystems to each new distur...
Engaging with Users of Climate Information and the Coproduction of Knowledge
"Within the realm of climate and environmental sciences, stakeholder engagement has traditionally been given a relative low priority in favor of generating tools, products, and services following the longstanding practice of pushing out information in the...
Projections of climate conditions that increase coral disease susceptibility and pathogen abundance and virulence
"Rising sea temperatures are likely to increase the frequency of disease outbreaks affecting reef-building corals through impacts on coral hosts and pathogens. We present and compare climate model projections of temperature conditions that will increase c...
Simulation of global ocean acidification and chemical habitats of shallow- and cold-water coral reefs
"Using the UVic Earth System Model, this study simulated the change of seawater chemistry and analyzed the chemical habitat surrounding shallow- and cold-water coral reefs from the year 1800 to 2300 employing RCP2.6, RCP4.5, RCP6.0, and RCP8.5 scenarios. ...
The need for new ocean conservation strategies in a high-carbon dioxide world
"The historically unprecedented threats to the marine environment posed by increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide will probably require the use of unconventional, non-passive methods to conserve marine ecosystems. Soliciting such approaches and evaluating ...
Decadal- to interannual-scale source water variations in the Caribbean Sea recorded by Puerto Rican coral radiocarbon