Effects of Environmental and Climatic Changes on Coral Reef Islands

PS Kench - Annual Review of Marine Science, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Coral reef islands are low-lying, wave-deposited sedimentary landforms. Using an eco-
morphodynamic framework, this review examines the sensitivity of islands to climatic and …

Climate pacing of millennial sea-level change variability in the central and western Mediterranean

M Vacchi, KM Joyse, RE Kopp, N Marriner… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Future warming in the Mediterranean is expected to significantly exceed global values with
unpredictable implications on the sea-level rise rates in the coming decades. Here, we apply …

Response of large benthic foraminifera to climate and local changes: Implications for future carbonate production

GR Narayan, CE Reymond, M Stuhr, S Doo… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Large benthic foraminifera are major carbonate components in tropical carbonate platforms,
important carbonate producers, stratigraphic tools and powerful bioindicators (proxies) of …

A new Holocene sea-level record for Singapore

S Chua, AD Switzer, T Li, H Chen, M Christie… - The …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Relative sea-level (RSL) records from far-field regions distal from ice sheets remain poorly
understood, particularly in the early Holocene. Here, we extended the Holocene RSL data …

Artificial islands in modern development: Construction, applications, and environmental challenges

YN Wang, JR Peng, C Bogireddy… - Marine Georesources …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Artificial islands are extensively utilized in urban development, ports, and tourism projects
worldwide, but they also present numerous ecological and environmental challenges. This …

Significant sea‐level fluctuations in the western tropical Pacific during the mid‐Holocene

T Yan, K Yu, L Jiang, Y Li… - Paleoceanography and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the history of sea‐level changes in the past and the associated mechanisms
is crucial for predicting sea level in the future. The South China Sea is the largest semi …

Driving processes of relative sea-level change in the Adriatic during the past two millennia: From local tectonic movements in the Dubrovnik archipelago (Jakljan and …

S Faivre, T Bakran-Petricioli, D Kaniewski… - Global and planetary …, 2023 - Elsevier
New high-resolution relative sea-level (RSL) proxy data obtained from Lithophyllum rims in
the Adriatic allow us to distinguish major local, regional and global RSL driving processes …

Lagoonal reef island formation in Huvadhoo atoll, Maldives, highlights marked temporal variations in island building across the archipelago

CY Liang, PS Kench, MR Ford, HK East - Geomorphology, 2022 - Elsevier
Coral reef islands provide the only pedestals of human habitation in mid-ocean atoll
archipelagoes. Understanding the environmental controls on island formation is critical for …

Sea-level rise and extreme Indian Ocean Dipole explain mangrove dieback in the Maldives

L Carruthers, V Ersek, D Maher, C Sanders, D Tait… - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Mangrove forests enhance Small Island Develo** States' resilience to climate
change, yet in 2020, a mangrove dieback impacted~ 25% of mangrove-containing islands in …

Holocene sea level dynamics drive formation of a large atoll island in the central Indian Ocean

PS Kench, SD Owen, EP Beetham, T Mann… - Global and Planetary …, 2020 - Elsevier
The impact of global environmental change on coral reef islands is uncertain with few
studies having resolved the critical controls on island formation and change. Based on …