Many ecosystems around the world are rapidly deteriorating due to both local and global
pressures, and perhaps none so precipitously as coral reefs. Management of coral reefs …

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 …

Reef-building corals thriving in extreme thermal environments may provide genetic variation
that can assist the evolution of populations to rapid climate warming. However, the feasibility …

Ecological restoration of forests, meadows, reefs, or other foundational ecosystems during
climate change depends on the discovery and use of individuals able to withstand future …

Population genomic surveys suggest that climate-associated genetic variation occurs widely
across species, but whether it is sufficient to allow population persistence via evolutionary …

Evidence indicates that, despite some critical successes, current conservation approaches
are not slowing the overall rate of biodiversity loss. The field of synthetic biology, which is …

Corals depend on a mutualistic symbiosis with intracellular dinoflagellates of the genus
Symbiodinium for their energetic needs. The high productivity of corals in a challenging …

Global warming is resulting in unprecedented levels of coral mortality due to mass bleaching
events and, more recently, marine heatwaves, where rapid increases in seawater …

CRISPR gene drive has recently been proposed as a promising technology for population
management, including in conservation genetics. The technique would consist in releasing …

Marine heat waves are increasing in magnitude, duration, and frequency as a result of
climate change and are the principal global driver of mortality in reef‐building corals …