Atoll islands are often perceived as inevitably lost due to rising sea levels. However, unlike
other islands, atoll islands are dynamic landforms that have evolved, at least historically, to …

Climate change poses severe threats to coastal social-ecological systems (SES) worldwide.
Recent calls recognize the importance of including Indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) in …

Understanding species distribution and the related driving processes is a fundamental issue
in ecology. However, incomplete data on reef-building corals in the ecoregions of the South …

Converting greenhouse gas CO 2 into high-performance energy storage materials is of great
significance due to its capability of simultaneously addressing environmental issues and …

Introduction Predictive models based on environmental proxy data are being used to predict
biodiversity on large and even global scales. Yet, some of the underlying assumptions about …

Global climate change impacts marine ecosystems differently across oceanic regions and
depths. Thus, understanding how widespread key species adapt globally and locally to …

Abstract Models of the future of coral reefs are potentially sensitive to theoretical
assumptions, variable selectivity, interactions, and scales. A number of these aspects were …

Past coral range expansions suggest that high-latitude environments may serve as refugia,
potentially buffering tropical biodiversity loss due to climate change. We explore this …

Coral reef decline raises concerns about potential co-extinctions of coral-associated fauna
that rely on corals for survival. Despite their diversity and abundance on reefs, these typically …

Coral reefs around the world have experienced bleaching events in the past decades. Due
to climate change, the frequency and intensity of these bleaching events have increased in …