[Coral-List] Impact of ocean acidification detected in Great Barrier Reef corals
Anne Cohen
acohen at whoi.edu
Sun Oct 18 18:03:01 UTC 2020
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
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Anne L. Cohen PhD.
https://web.whoi.edu/cohen/
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