[HTML][HTML] Potential role of seaweeds in climate change mitigation

FWR Ross, PW Boyd, K Filbee-Dexter… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Seaweed (macroalgae) has attracted attention globally given its potential for climate change
mitigation. A topical and contentious question is: Can seaweeds' contribution to climate …

The Kelp Forest Challenge: A collaborative global movement to protect and restore 4 million hectares of kelp forests

A Eger, JD Aguirre, M Altamirano… - Journal of applied …, 2024 - Springer
Marine kelp forests cover 1/3 of our world's coastlines, are heralded as a nature-based
solution to address socio-environmental issues, connect hundreds of millions of people with …

Oceans and coastal ecosystems and their services

S Cooley, D Schoeman, L Bopp, P Boyd, S Donner… - 2023 - digital.csic.es
Ocean and coastal ecosystems support life on Earth and many aspects of human well-being.
Covering two-thirds of the planet, the ocean hosts vast biodiversity and modulates the global …

Threat by marine heatwaves to adaptive large marine ecosystems in an eddy-resolving model

X Guo, Y Gao, S Zhang, L Wu, P Chang, W Cai… - Nature climate …, 2022 - nature.com
Marine heatwaves (MHWs), episodic periods of abnormally high sea surface temperature,
severely affect marine ecosystems. Large marine ecosystems (LMEs) cover~ 22% of the …

Geographic variation in responses of kelp forest communities of the California Current to recent climatic changes

R Beas‐Luna, F Micheli, CB Woodson… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The changing global climate is having profound effects on coastal marine ecosystems
around the world. Structure, functioning, and resilience, however, can vary geographically …

Observed strong subsurface marine heatwaves in the tropical western Pacific Ocean

S Hu, S Li, Y Zhang, C Guan, Y Du… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
Marine heatwaves (MHWs), which are discrete extreme oceanic warming events, have
important impacts on the marine ecosystem, fishery resources, and social economy …

Marine heat waves drive bleaching and necrosis of temperate sponges

JJ Bell, RO Smith, V Micaroni, F Strano, CA Balemi… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Marine heat waves (MHWs) are extended periods of excessively warm water 1 that are
increasing in frequency, duration, intensity, and impact, and they likely represent a greater …

Global biodiversity patterns of marine forests of brown macroalgae

E Fragkopoulou, EA Serrão, O De Clerck… - Global Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Marine forests of brown macroalgae create essential habitats for coastal species and
support invaluable ecological services. Here, we provide the first global analysis of species …

Changes in rocky intertidal community structure during a marine heatwave in the northern Gulf of Alaska

B Weitzman, B Konar, K Iken, H Coletti… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Marine heatwaves are global phenomena that can have major impacts on the structure and
function of coastal ecosystems. By mid-2014, the Pacific Marine Heatwave (PMH) was …

Shifting responses of phytoplankton to atmospheric and oceanic forcing in a prolonged marine heatwave

W Zhan, Y Zhang, Q He, H Zhan - Limnology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Marine heatwaves are becoming a severe challenge for marine ecosystems. However,
current understanding of their impacts on phytoplankton, especially biomass and community …