Mass coral mortality under local amplification of 2 °C ocean warming

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 7; no. 1; p. 44586
• Main Authors: DeCarlo, Thomas M., Cohen, Anne L., Wong, George T. F., Davis, Kristen A., Lohmann, Pat, Soong, Keryea
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 23.03.2017; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 704/106/694/2739; 704/829/2737; 704/829/826; Anthropogenic factors; Climate change; Coral bleaching; Coral reefs; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Risk factors; Science; Temperature effects; Water temperature

A 2 °C increase in global temperature above pre-industrial levels is considered a reasonable target for avoiding the most devastating impacts of anthropogenic climate change. In June 2015, sea surface temperature (SST) of the South China Sea (SCS) increased by 2 °C in response to the developing Paci...