Bleached coral in Tumon
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Underwater photo of a stressed coral mound in Tumon Bay Marine Preserve in Guam.
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Observations show ocean temperatures are rising due to climate change, resulting in a fivefold increase in the incidence of regional-scale coral bleaching events since the 1980s; analyses based on global climate models forecast bleaching will become an annual event for most of the world’s coral reefs within 30–50 yr. Internal waves at tidal frequencies can regularly flush reefs with...
Authors
Curt D. Storlazzi, Olivia Cheriton, Ruben Van Hooidonk, Zhongxiang Zhao, Russell E. Brainard
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Internal tides can provide thermal refugia that will buffer some coral reefs from future global warming Internal tides can provide thermal refugia that will buffer some coral reefs from future global warming
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Authors
Curt D. Storlazzi, Olivia Cheriton, Ruben Van Hooidonk, Zhongxiang Zhao, Russell E. Brainard