[Coral-List] Impact of ocean acidification detected in Great Barrier Reef corals

[Anne Cohen]

Dear Colleagues

Our paper showing an unambiguous impact of 20th century ocean 
acidification on corals on the Great Barrier Reef and in the south China 
Sea is now published:https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL086761 
<https://doi.org/10.1029/2019GL086761>

Conversely, no impact of OA was detected in corals on protected reefs in 
the central equatorial Pacific.

Our study uses coral cores and a numerical model of coral growth to 
deconvolve the influence of OA, temperature and other factors on 
skeletal density over the last ~100 years.

For the backstory, news release is here: 
https://www.whoi.edu/press-room/news-release/ocean-acidification-causing-coral-osteoporosis-on-iconic-reefs/ 
<https://www.whoi.edu/press-room/news-release/ocean-acidification-causing-coral-osteoporosis-on-iconic-reefs/>

For The Weather Channel's documentary short, please click here: 
https://drive.google.com/file/d/111rJFexDgDIrlZwcg9maMbhVr7k7r7ss/view?ts=5f68afd1

And please let us know if you have any trouble accessing the paper

best wishes

Weifu, Anne and co-authors

-- 
Anne L. Cohen PhD.
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