[Coral-List] NEW PUBLICATION ASSESSES THE VULNERABILITY OF THE GREAT BARRIER REEF TO CLIMATE CHANGE [SEC=UNCLASSIFIED]

[Johanna Johnson]

MANAGERS AND SCIENTISTS WORK TOGETHER

Climate change is recognised as the greatest long-term threat to the 
Great Barrier Reef and coral reefs worldwide. Projections show sea and 
air temperatures will continue to increase, sea level is rising, the 
ocean is becoming more acidic, intense storms and rainfall will become 
more frequent and ocean currents will change.

/Climate Change and the Great Barrier Reef: A Vulnerability Assessment/ 
is a peer-reviewed publication compiled as a collaboration between the 
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and over 80 leading climate and 
tropical marine experts. It provides expert assessments of the 
vulnerability of Great Barrier Reef species, habitats and key processes 
to climate change and identifies management responses to the climate 
change challenge. Managers and scientists will find this book valuable 
as a basis on which future decisions can be made, as well as anyone with 
an interest in tropical marine ecosystems.

For a free copy of /Climate Change and the Great Barrier Reef: A 
Vulnerability Assessment /(book or CD) contact:
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
PO Box 1379
Townsville QLD 4810
Australia
+61-7-4750-0700
info at gbrmpa.gov.au

or chapters can be downloaded from the website: www.gbrmpa.gov.au

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Johanna Johnson
A/Director
Climate Change Group
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
PO Box 1379
Townsville Qld 4810
Ph: +61-7-4750-0709
Fax: +61-7-4772-6093
www.gbrmpa.gov.au

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