Our current 1.1 C warmer world is already affecting natural and human systems in Europe
(very high confidence1). Since AR5, there has been a substantial increase in detected or …

Species are distributed in predictable ways in geographic spaces. The three principal factors
that determine geographic distributions of species are biotic interactions (B), abiotic …

Abstract The North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) is the most important large-scale climatic
oscillation affecting the North Atlantic region. The variability introduced by the NAO affects …

Although extinctions due to climate change are still uncommon, they might surpass those
caused by habitat loss or overexploitation over the next few decades. Among marine …

Tuna are globally distributed species of major commercial importance and some tuna
species are a major source of protein in many countries. Tuna are characterized by dynamic …

Frequent fishing activities are causing overfishing, destroying the habitat of marine life, and
threatening global marine biodiversity. Understanding the dynamics of fishing activities and …

The spectre of increasing impacts on exploited fish stocks in consequence of warmer climate
conditions has become a major concern over the last decades. It is now imperative to …

Natural and human stressors in the high seas act across a wide range of spatial and
temporal scales. These include direct interaction such as fisheries bycatch or indirect …

The distribution of marine organisms is strongly influenced by climatic gradients worldwide.
The ecological niche (sensu Hutchinson) of a species, ie the combination of environmental …

While spatial distribution shifts have been documented in many marine fishes under global
change, the responses of elasmobranchs have rarely been studied, which may have led to …