Mechanisms and impacts of Earth system tipping elements

S Wang, A Foster, EA Lenz, JD Kessler… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Tipping elements are components of the Earth system which may respond nonlinearly to
anthropogenic climate change by transitioning toward substantially different long‐term …

Impacts of ocean acidification on physiology and ecology of marine invertebrates: a comprehensive review

Y Shi, Y Li - Aquatic Ecology, 2024 - Springer
Ocean acidification (OA) arises as a consequence of excessive carbon dioxide (CO2) inputs
into the ocean, a situation further exacerbated by anthropogenic gas emissions. Predictions …

Coral heat tolerance under variable temperatures: Effects of different variability regimes and past environmental history vs. current exposure

V Schoepf, H Sanderson… - Limnology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Exposure to high‐frequency temperature variability often but not always enhances coral
heat tolerance, raising the question of whether this depends on the type of variability regime …

Ocean acidification in the Gulf of Mexico: Drivers, impacts, and unknowns

E Osborne, X Hu, ER Hall, K Yates… - Progress in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Ocean acidification (OA) has resulted in global-scale changes in ocean chemistry, which
can disturb marine organisms and ecosystems. Despite its extensively populated coastline …

Global forest restoration opportunities to foster coral reef conservation

AF Suárez‐Castro, HL Beyer, CD Kuempel… - Global change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Sediment runoff from disturbed coastal catchments is a major threat to marine ecosystems.
Understanding where sediments are produced and where they are delivered enables …

Culling corallivores improves short-term coral recovery under bleaching scenarios

JGD Rogers, ÉE Plagányi - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Management of coral predators, corallivores, is recommended to improve coral cover on
tropical coral reefs under projected increasing levels of accumulated thermal stress, but …

[HTML][HTML] Ciliary flows in corals ventilate target areas of high photosynthetic oxygen production

CO Pacherres, S Ahmerkamp, K Koren, C Richter… - Current Biology, 2022 - cell.com
Most tropical corals live in symbiosis with Symbiodiniaceae algae whose photosynthetic
production of oxygen (O 2) may lead to excess O 2 in the diffusive boundary layer (DBL) …

Improving coral cover using an integrated pest management framework

JGD Rogers, ÉE Plagányi, RC Babcock… - Ecological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Integrated pest management (IPM) leverages our understanding of ecological interactions to
mitigate the impact of pest species on economically and/or ecologically important assets. It …

The synergistic negative effects of combined acidification and warming on the coral host and its symbiotic association with Symbiodiniaceae indicated by RNA-Seq …

H Wu, J Li, Q Song, G Chai, Y Xiao, Z Li - Coral Reefs, 2023 - Springer
Global warming and ocean acidification represent major threats to coral reefs, the
combination of these stressors may have concomitant impacts on coral holobionts. However …

Positive interactions between corals and damselfish increase coral resistance to temperature stress

AA Shantz, MC Ladd, L Ezzat, RJ Schmitt… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
By the century's end, many tropical seas will reach temperatures exceeding most coral
species' thermal tolerance on an annual basis. The persistence of corals in these regions …