Global change refugia could shelter species from multiple threats
Mapping and counting global change factors Both pathways towards integrating global change factors with climate refugia require maps of global change variables at sufficiently high…
Tag: Climate-change ecology
Coral bleaching and mortality overestimated in projections based on Degree Heating Months
Influential projections of coral reef futures have used Degree Heating Months—a monthly reformulation of the well-validated Degree Heating Weeks …
System-specific aquaculture annual growth rates can mitigate the trilemma of production, pollution and carbon dioxide emissions in China
The aquaculture sector faces a trilemma of simultaneously boosting production, decreasing nutrient discharges and reducing CO2 emissions…
Socio-economic factors constrain climate change adaptation in a tropical export crop
Climate change will alter the geographical locations most suited for crop production, but adaptation to these new conditions may be constrained by …
Quantifying disturbance effects on ecosystem services in a changing climate
Disturbances, such as hurricanes, fires, droughts and pest outbreaks, can cause major changes in ecosystem conditions that threaten Nature’s cont…
Higher temperature sensitivity of forest soil methane oxidation in colder climates
Forest soils, serving as an important sink for atmospheric methane (CH4), modulate the global CH4 budget. However, the direct…
Legacies of temperature fluctuations promote stability in marine biofilm communities
The increasing frequency and intensity of extreme climate events are driving significant biodiversity shifts across ecosystems. Yet, the extent to …