Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Publication Year:
2017
Publication Place
Nairobi, Kenya
Physical Description:
71p. : ill. (col.) ; 29cm.
Call Number
[EL]
Relevant Countries
Worldwide
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
41446
Legacy PEIN ID:
81536
General Notes
Online only
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Coral health - Reefs
Coral bleaching - Management & implications
Abstract
Increasingly frequent severe coral bleaching is among the greatest threats to coral reefs posed by climate change. Global climate models (GCMs) project great spatial variation in the timing of annual severe bleaching (ASB) conditions; a point at which reefs are certain to change and recovery will be limited. However, previous model-resolution projections (approximately 1x1°) are too coarse to inform reef management planning (recognized, for example, in SAMOA Pathways, paragraph 44b). To meet the need for higher-resolution projections, the first objective of this report is to present statistically downscaled projections (4-km resolution) for all the worlds coral reefs using the newest generation of IPCC climate models (CMIP5). Results are reported by country and territory, grouped in bioregions based on the 10 UNEP Regional Seas programmes with coral reefs (also including countries or territories in or near the Regional Sea area but not participating in the Regional Sea).
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
Publication Year:
2017
Publication Place
Nairobi, Kenya
Physical Description:
71p. : ill. (col.) ; 29cm.
Call Number
[EL]
Relevant Countries
Worldwide
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
41446
Legacy PEIN ID:
81536
General Notes
Online only
Record Created: 10-Dec-2017
Record Modified: 17-Dec-2020