Interventions to help coral reefs under global change—A complex decision challenge

KRN Anthony, KJ Helmstedt, LK Bay, P Fidelman… - Plos one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Climate change is impacting coral reefs now. Recent pan-tropical bleaching events driven
by unprecedented global heat waves have shifted the playing field for coral reef …

Changing ocean, marine ecosystems, and dependent communities

NL Bindoff, WWL Cheung, JG Kairo, J Arístegui… - 2019 - ri.conicet.gov.ar
The ocean is a key component of the Earth system (Chapter 1) as it provides essential life
supporting services (Inniss et al. 2017). For example, it stores heat trapped in the …

Conversion of oxybenzone sunscreen to phototoxic glucoside conjugates by sea anemones and corals

D Vuckovic, AI Tinoco, L Ling, C Renicke, JR Pringle… - Science, 2022 - science.org
The reported toxicity of oxybenzone-based sunscreens to corals has raised concerns about
the impacts of ecotourist-shed sunscreens on corals already weakened by global stressors …

The 2014–2017 global-scale coral bleaching event: insights and impacts

CM Eakin, HPA Sweatman, RE Brainard - Coral Reefs, 2019 - Springer
2017 was an unprecedented period of successive record-breaking hot years, which
coincided with the most severe, widespread, and longest-lasting global-scale coral …

Coral reef conservation in Bali in light of international best practice, a literature review

Z Boakes, AE Hall, EE Ampou, GCA Jones… - Journal for nature …, 2022 - Elsevier
Bali, Indonesia sits within the coral triangle and is internationally recognised for its high coral
reef diversity. The health of Bali's marine ecosystems has declined in recent decades, and …

Essential ocean variables for global sustained observations of biodiversity and ecosystem changes

P Miloslavich, NJ Bax, SE Simmons… - Global Change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Sustained observations of marine biodiversity and ecosystems focused on specific
conservation and management problems are needed around the world to effectively mitigate …

Australasia

J Lawrence, B Mackey, F Chiew, MJ Costello… - 2023 - researcharchive.lincoln.ac.nz
Observed changes and impacts Ongoing climate trends have exacerbated many extreme
events (very high confidence). The Australian trends include further warming and sea level …

[HTML][HTML] Severe continental-scale impacts of climate change are happening now: Extreme climate events impact marine habitat forming communities along 45% of …

RC Babcock, RH Bustamante, EA Fulton… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Recent increases in the frequency of Extreme Climate Events (ECEs) such as heatwaves
and floods have been attributed to climate change, and could have pronounced ecosystem …

Coral reef monitoring, reef assessment technologies, and ecosystem-based management

DO Obura, G Aeby, N Amornthammarong… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Coral reefs are exceptionally biodiverse and human dependence on their ecosystem
services is high. Reefs experience significant direct and indirect anthropogenic pressures …

The effectiveness of virtual vs real-life marine tourism experiences in encouraging conservation behaviour

K Hofman, G Walters, K Hughes - Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Nature-based tourism experiences have the potential to inspire visitors to adopt
conservation behaviours that protect natural environments; however, to have global effect on …