Coral reef declines have been recorded for all major tropical ocean basins since the 1980s,
averaging approximately 30-50% reductions in reef cover globally. These losses are a result …

Climate change impact syntheses, such as those by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change, consistently assert that limiting global warming to 1.5° C is unlikely to safeguard …

Sea levels are rising, with the highest rates in the tropics, where thousands of low-lying coral
atoll islands are located. Most studies on the resilience of these islands to sea-level rise …

Increasingly frequent severe coral bleaching is among the greatest threats to coral reefs
posed by climate change. Global climate models (GCMs) project great spatial variation in …

Ocean ecosystems have responded and will continue to respond to climate changes of
different rates, magnitudes, and durations (virtually certain). Human societies depend on …

Mass coral bleaching events caused by elevated seawater temperatures result in extensive
coral loss throughout the tropics, and are projected to increase in frequency and severity. If …

Naturally extreme temperature environments can provide important insights into the
processes underlying coral thermal tolerance. We determined the bleaching resistance of …

Climate-change impacts on coral reefs are expected to include temperature-induced
spatially extensive bleaching events. Bleaching causes mortality when temperature stress …

The evolution of tolerance to future climate change depends on the standing stock of genetic
variation for resistance to climate-related impacts [1, 2], but genes contributing to climate …

Climate warming threatens to increase mass coral bleaching events, and several studies
have projected the demise of tropical coral reefs this century. However, recent evidence …