[Coral-List] new article on climate change, coral bleaching, and the GBR

Mark Eakin mark.eakin at noaa.gov
Wed Apr 20 15:20:15 EDT 2016


The press releases on this paper can be found at
http://www.noaa.gov/scientists-climate-change-poses-bleaching-risk-australian-coral-reefs <http://www.noaa.gov/scientists-climate-change-poses-bleaching-risk-australian-coral-reefs> and
http://www.coralcoe.org.au/media-releases/great-barrier-reef-risks-losing-tolerance-to-bleaching-events <http://www.coralcoe.org.au/media-releases/great-barrier-reef-risks-losing-tolerance-to-bleaching-events> 

and the paper at: http://science.sciencemag.org/content/352/6283/338 <http://science.sciencemag.org/content/352/6283/338> and free on ResearchGate at 
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301317616_Climate_change_disables_coral_bleaching_protection_on_the_Great_Barrier_Reef <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301317616_Climate_change_disables_coral_bleaching_protection_on_the_Great_Barrier_Reef>

Cheers,
Mark

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> On Apr 14, 2016, at 6:45 PM, Douglas Fenner <douglasfennertassi at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Climate change disables coral reef bleaching protection on the Great
> Barrier Reef.
> 
> Elevated ocean temperatures are masking the sudden onsets of summer warming
> that used to allow corals to protect themselves.
> http://science.sciencemag.org/content/352/6283/338.full?utm_campaign=email-sci-toc&et_rid=17045989&et_cid=417782
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> Not open access.  Note the corresponding author's email address.
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> Cheers,  Doug
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