Downscaled projections of Caribbean coral bleaching that can inform conservation planning
"Projections of climate change impacts on coral reefs produced at the coarse resolution (about 1) of Global Climate Models (GCMs) have informed debate but have not helped target local management actions. Here, projections of the onset of annual coral blea...
Modeling reef futures using a high resolution modular ocean model
Purpose/Need To effectively manage coral reefs under stress from climate change, accurate projections of coral bleaching and ocean acidification are needed. Currently global climate models operate on large spatial scales, often with resolutions coarser th...
Downscaled projections of Sea Surface Temperatures and Degree Heating Weeks in the wider Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico
Projections of the onset of annual coral bleaching conditions in the Caribbean under Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) 8.5 are produced using an ensemble of 33 Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase-5 models via dynamical downscaling. A high...