Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals.

Hughes, TP; Kerry, JT; Álvarez-Noriega, M; Álvarez-Romero, JG; Anderson, KD; Baird, AH; Babcock, RC; Beger, M; Bellwood, DR; Berkelmans, R; Bridge, TC; Butler, IR; Byrne, M; Cantin, NE; Comeau, S; Connolly, SR; Cumming, GS; Dalton, SJ; Diaz-Pulido, G; Eakin, CM; Figueira, WF; Gilmour, JP; Harrison, HB; Heron, SF; Hoey, AS; Hobbs, J-PA; Hoogenboom, MO; Kennedy, EV; Kuo, C-Y; Lough, JM; Lowe, RJ; Liu, G; McCulloch, MT; Malcolm, HA; McWilliam, MJ; Pandolfi, JM; Pears, RJ; Pratchett, MS; Schoepf, V; Simpson, T; Skirving, WJ; Sommer, B; Torda, G; Wachenfeld, DR; Willis, BL; Wilson, SK

Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals.

Hughes, TP Kerry, JT Álvarez-Noriega, M Álvarez-Romero, JG Anderson, KD Baird, AH Babcock, RC Beger, M Bellwood, DR Berkelmans, R Bridge, TC Butler, IR Byrne, M Cantin, NE Comeau, S Connolly, SR Cumming, GS Dalton, SJ Diaz-Pulido, G Eakin, CM Figueira, WF Gilmour, JP Harrison, HB Heron, SF Hoey, AS Hobbs, J-PA Hoogenboom, MO Kennedy, EV Kuo, C-Y Lough, JM Lowe, RJ Liu, G McCulloch, MT Malcolm, HA McWilliam, MJ Pandolfi, JM Pears, RJ Pratchett, MS Schoepf, V Simpson, T Skirving, WJ Sommer, B

Torda, G Wachenfeld, DR Willis, BL Wilson, SK

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Citation:: Nature, 2017, 543, (7645), pp. 373-377
Issue Date:: 2017-03

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dc.contributor.author	Hughes, TP
dc.contributor.author	Kerry, JT
dc.contributor.author	Álvarez-Noriega, M
dc.contributor.author	Álvarez-Romero, JG
dc.contributor.author	Anderson, KD
dc.contributor.author	Baird, AH
dc.contributor.author	Babcock, RC
dc.contributor.author	Beger, M
dc.contributor.author	Bellwood, DR
dc.contributor.author	Berkelmans, R
dc.contributor.author	Bridge, TC
dc.contributor.author	Butler, IR
dc.contributor.author	Byrne, M
dc.contributor.author	Cantin, NE
dc.contributor.author	Comeau, S
dc.contributor.author	Connolly, SR
dc.contributor.author	Cumming, GS
dc.contributor.author	Dalton, SJ
dc.contributor.author	Diaz-Pulido, G
dc.contributor.author	Eakin, CM
dc.contributor.author	Figueira, WF
dc.contributor.author	Gilmour, JP
dc.contributor.author	Harrison, HB
dc.contributor.author	Heron, SF
dc.contributor.author	Hoey, AS
dc.contributor.author	Hobbs, J-PA
dc.contributor.author	Hoogenboom, MO
dc.contributor.author	Kennedy, EV
dc.contributor.author	Kuo, C-Y
dc.contributor.author	Lough, JM
dc.contributor.author	Lowe, RJ
dc.contributor.author	Liu, G
dc.contributor.author	McCulloch, MT
dc.contributor.author	Malcolm, HA
dc.contributor.author	McWilliam, MJ
dc.contributor.author	Pandolfi, JM
dc.contributor.author	Pears, RJ
dc.contributor.author	Pratchett, MS
dc.contributor.author	Schoepf, V
dc.contributor.author	Simpson, T
dc.contributor.author	Skirving, WJ
dc.contributor.author	Sommer, B https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0617-7790
dc.contributor.author	Torda, G
dc.contributor.author	Wachenfeld, DR
dc.contributor.author	Willis, BL
dc.contributor.author	Wilson, SK
dc.date.accessioned	2021-07-29T02:29:23Z
dc.date.available	2017-02-16
dc.date.available	2021-07-29T02:29:23Z
dc.date.issued	2017-03
dc.identifier.citation	Nature, 2017, 543, (7645), pp. 373-377
dc.identifier.issn	0028-0836
dc.identifier.issn	1476-4687
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/149964
dc.description.abstract	During 2015-2016, record temperatures triggered a pan-tropical episode of coral bleaching, the third global-scale event since mass bleaching was first documented in the 1980s. Here we examine how and why the severity of recurrent major bleaching events has varied at multiple scales, using aerial and underwater surveys of Australian reefs combined with satellite-derived sea surface temperatures. The distinctive geographic footprints of recurrent bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef in 1998, 2002 and 2016 were determined by the spatial pattern of sea temperatures in each year. Water quality and fishing pressure had minimal effect on the unprecedented bleaching in 2016, suggesting that local protection of reefs affords little or no resistance to extreme heat. Similarly, past exposure to bleaching in 1998 and 2002 did not lessen the severity of bleaching in 2016. Consequently, immediate global action to curb future warming is essential to secure a future for coral reefs.
dc.format	Print
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
dc.relation.ispartof	Nature
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1038/nature21707
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject.classification	General Science & Technology
dc.subject.mesh	Animals
dc.subject.mesh	Anthozoa
dc.subject.mesh	Chlorophyll
dc.subject.mesh	Conservation of Natural Resources
dc.subject.mesh	Temperature
dc.subject.mesh	Seawater
dc.subject.mesh	Australia
dc.subject.mesh	Global Warming
dc.subject.mesh	Coral Reefs
dc.subject.mesh	Chlorophyll A
dc.subject.mesh	Animals
dc.subject.mesh	Anthozoa
dc.subject.mesh	Australia
dc.subject.mesh	Chlorophyll
dc.subject.mesh	Chlorophyll A
dc.subject.mesh	Conservation of Natural Resources
dc.subject.mesh	Coral Reefs
dc.subject.mesh	Global Warming
dc.subject.mesh	Seawater
dc.subject.mesh	Temperature
dc.title	Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	543
utslib.location.activity	England
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science/School of Life Sciences
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dc.date.updated	2021-07-29T02:29:20Z
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Abstract:

During 2015-2016, record temperatures triggered a pan-tropical episode of coral bleaching, the third global-scale event since mass bleaching was first documented in the 1980s. Here we examine how and why the severity of recurrent major bleaching events has varied at multiple scales, using aerial and underwater surveys of Australian reefs combined with satellite-derived sea surface temperatures. The distinctive geographic footprints of recurrent bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef in 1998, 2002 and 2016 were determined by the spatial pattern of sea temperatures in each year. Water quality and fishing pressure had minimal effect on the unprecedented bleaching in 2016, suggesting that local protection of reefs affords little or no resistance to extreme heat. Similarly, past exposure to bleaching in 1998 and 2002 did not lessen the severity of bleaching in 2016. Consequently, immediate global action to curb future warming is essential to secure a future for coral reefs.

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