A climate risk index for marine life

DG Boyce, DP Tittensor, C Garilao, S Henson… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
Climate change is impacting virtually all marine life. Adaptation strategies will require a
robust understanding of the risks to species and ecosystems and how those propagate to …

[HTML][HTML] The pace of shifting seasons in lakes

RI Woolway - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
Lake ecosystems are vulnerable to seasonal thermal cues, with subtle alterations in the
timing of seasonal temperatures having a dramatic influence on aquatic species. Here, a …

Climate velocity reveals increasing exposure of deep-ocean biodiversity to future warming

I Brito-Morales, DS Schoeman, JG Molinos… - Nature Climate …, 2020 - nature.com
Slower warming in the deep ocean encourages a perception that its biodiversity is less
exposed to climate change than that of surface waters. We challenge this notion by …

Climate and land-use changes reduce the benefits of terrestrial protected areas

EF Asamoah, LJ Beaumont, JM Maina - Nature Climate Change, 2021 - nature.com
Expanding and enhancing protected area networks (PAs) is at the forefront of efforts to
conserve and restore global biodiversity but climate change and habitat loss can interact …

Towards climate-smart, three-dimensional protected areas for biodiversity conservation in the high seas

I Brito-Morales, DS Schoeman, JD Everett… - Nature Climate …, 2022 - nature.com
Marine species are moving rapidly in response to warming, often in different directions and
with variations dependent on location and depth. Given the current impetus to increase the …

Assessing digital accessible botanical knowledge and priorities for exploration and discovery of plant diversity across Mesoamerica

S Ramírez‐Barahona, AP Cuervo‐Robayo… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Digital accessible biodiversity knowledge has the potential to greatly advance botanical
research and guide conservation efforts. Evaluating its shortfalls is key to understanding its …

Incorporating climate velocity into the design of climate‐smart networks of marine protected areas

N Arafeh‐Dalmau, I Brito‐Morales… - Methods in Ecology …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is redistributing terrestrial and marine biodiversity and altering fundamental
ecological interactions. To conserve biodiversity and promote its long‐term persistence …

[HTML][HTML] Land-use and climate risk assessment for Earth's remaining wilderness

EF Asamoah, M Di Marco, JEM Watson, LJ Beaumont… - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Earth's wilderness areas are reservoirs of genetic information and carbon storage systems,
and are vital to reducing extinction risks. Retaining the conservation value of these areas is …

Hemispheric asymmetry in ocean change and the productivity of ecosystem sentinels

WJ Sydeman, DS Schoeman, SA Thompson… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Climate change and other human activities are causing profound effects on marine
ecosystem productivity. We show that the breeding success of seabirds is tracking …

Increasing climatic decoupling of bird abundances and distributions

DS Viana, JM Chase - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2022 - nature.com
Species abundances and distributions are changing in response to changing climate and
other anthropogenic drivers but how this translates into how well species can match their …