Spatial and temporal patterns of mass bleaching of corals in the Anthropocene

Hughes, Terry P.; Anderson, Kristen D.; Connolly, Sean R.; Heron, Scott F.; Kerry, James T.; Lough, Janice M.; Baird, Andrew H.; Baum, Julia K.; Berumen, Michael L.; Bridge, Tom C.; Claar, Danielle C.; Eakin, C. Mark; Gilmour, James P.; Graham, Nicholas A. J.; Harrison, Hugo; Hobbs, Jean-Paul A.; Hoey, Andrew S.; Hoogenboom, Mia; Lowe, Ryan J.; McCulloch, Malcolm T.; Pandolfi, John M.; Pratchett, Morgan; Schoepf, Verena; Torda, Gergely; Wilson, Shaun K.

doi:10.1126/science.aan8048

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Spatial and temporal patterns of mass bleaching of corals in the Anthropocene

2018
By Hughes, Terry P. ; Anderson, Kristen D. ; Connolly, Sean R. ; ...
Source: Science, 359(6371), 80-+.

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Hughes, Terry P. ; Anderson, Kristen D. ; Connolly, Sean R. ; Heron, Scott F. ; Kerry, James T. ; Lough, Janice M. ; Baird, Andrew H. ; Baum, Julia K. ; Berumen, Michael L. ; Bridge, Tom C. ; Claar, Danielle C. ; Eakin, C. Mark ; Gilmour, James P. ; Graham, Nicholas A. J. ; Harrison, Hugo ; Hobbs, Jean-Paul A. ; Hoey, Andrew S. ; Hoogenboom, Mia ; Lowe, Ryan J. ; McCulloch, Malcolm T. ; Pandolfi, John M. ; Pratchett, Morgan ; Schoepf, Verena ; Torda, Gergely ; Wilson, Shaun K. Less -
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United States, National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service ; United States, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, ; Coral Reef Conservation Program (U.S.)

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Tropical reef systems are transitioning to a new era in which the interval between recurrent bouts of coral bleaching is too short for a full recovery of mature assemblages. We analyzed bleaching records at 100 globally distributed reef locations from 1980 to 2016. The median return time between pairs of severe bleaching events has diminished steadily since 1980 and is now only 6 years. As global warming has progressed, tropical sea surface temperatures are warmer now during current La Nina conditions than they were during El Nino events three decades ago. Consequently, as we transition to the Anthropocene, coral bleaching is occurring more frequently in all El Nino-Southern Oscillation phases, increasing the likelihood of annual bleaching in the coming decades.
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