[Coral-List] masses of seaweed in the Caribbean; coral reefs could drown with sea level rise

[Douglas Fenner]

Mysterious masses of seaweed assault Caribbean islands


http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018/06/mysterious-masses-seaweed-assault-caribbean-islands?utm_campaign=news_weekly_2018-06-15&et_rid=17045989&et_cid=2118015

Open-access

Sea level rise could overwhelm coral reefs

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-04879-7?WT.ec_id=NATURE-201806&spMailingID=56809088&spUserID=MjA1NTA3MjA0OQS2&spJobID=1422054713&spReportId=MTQyMjA1NDcxMwS2

Open-access

Loss of coral reef growth capacity to track future increases in sea level

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-018-0194-z

not open-access, click on author's name.

Cheers,  Doug


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Douglas Fenner
Coral Reef Consulting and contractor for NOAA NMFS Protected Species
PO Box 7390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799  USA

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

By getting serious about limiting global warming, the world could save
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
(and 30% loss of world economy if the climate is allowed to warm by 4oC)
http://www.readcube.com/articles/10.1038/s41586-018-0071-9