[Coral-List] ecosystem restructure on GBR after bleaching; future of tropical ecosystems; GBR sealevel

[Douglas Fenner]

Ecosystem restructuring along the Great Barrier Reef following mass coral
bleaching.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0359-9?WT.ec_id=NATURE-201807&spMailingID=57065995&spUserID=MjA1NTA3MjA0OQS2&spJobID=1443198435&spReportId=MTQ0MzE5ODQzNQS2

Open-access.

The future of hyperdiverse tropical ecosystems

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0301-1?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20180726&utm_source=nature_etoc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20180726&spMailingID=57065995&spUserID=MjA1NTA3MjA0OQS2&spJobID=1443198435&spReportId=MTQ0MzE5ODQzNQS2

Open-access

Rapid glaciation and a two-step sea level plunge into the last glacial
maximum (data from GBR)

www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0335-4?WT.ec_id=NATURE-20180726&utm_source=nature_etoc&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20180726&spMailingID=57065995&spUserID=MjA1NTA3MjA0OQS2&spJobID=1443198435&spReportId=MTQ0MzE5ODQzNQS2

Open-access

Cheers, Doug

-- 
Douglas Fenner
Contractor for NOAA NMFS Protected Species, and consultant
PO Box 7390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799  USA

New online open-access field guide to 300 coral species in Chagos, Indian
Ocean
http://chagosinformationportal.org/corals

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itself more than $20 trillion.  (action would cost only a half trillion
over 30 years, a third the cost of the Iraq war, benefits would be 40 times
costs, that's a huge return on investment)
http://www.latimes.com/science/sciencenow/la-sci-sn-global-warming-costs-20180523-story.html

The cost of a warming climate
http://www.readcube.com/articles/10.1038/d41586-018-05198-7

Climate costs  http://www.readcube.com/articles/10.1038/d41586-018-05219-5

Large potential reduction in economic damages under UN mitigation targets
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http://www.readcube.com/articles/10.1038/s41586-018-0071-9