Global warming is rapidly emerging as a universal threat to ecological integrity and function, highlighting the urgent need for a better understanding of the impact of heat exposure on the resilience of ecosystems and the people who depend on them. Here we show that in the aftermath of the record-breaking marine heatwave on the Great Barrier Reef in 2016, corals began to die immediately on reefs where the accumulated heat exposure exceeded a critical threshold of degree heating weeks, which was 3–4 °C-weeks.
Technology Partners: MimirTech
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/global-warming-transforms-coral-reef-assemblages
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/terry-p-hughes
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/james-t-kerry
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/andrew-h-baird-et-al
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/nature
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/global-warming
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/corals
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-impacts
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/marine-ecosystems
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/heat-waves
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/australia
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/extreme-weather-events
