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Coral Reefs Under Rapid Climate Change and Ocean Acidification

Overview of attention for article published in Science, December 2007
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Title
Coral Reefs Under Rapid Climate Change and Ocean Acidification
Published in
Science, December 2007
DOI 10.1126/science.1152509
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Authors

O. Hoegh-Guldberg, P. J. Mumby, A. J. Hooten, R. S. Steneck, P. Greenfield, E. Gomez, C. D. Harvell, P. F. Sale, A. J. Edwards, K. Caldeira, N. Knowlton, C. M. Eakin, R. Iglesias-Prieto, N. Muthiga, R. H. Bradbury, A. Dubi, M. E. Hatziolos

Abstract

Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration is expected to exceed 500 parts per million and global temperatures to rise by at least 2 degrees C by 2050 to 2100, values that significantly exceed those of at least the past 420,000 years during which most extant marine organisms evolved. Under conditions expected in the 21st century, global warming and ocean acidification will compromise carbonate accretion, with corals becoming increasingly rare on reef systems. The result will be less diverse reef communities and carbonate reef structures that fail to be maintained. Climate change also exacerbates local stresses from declining water quality and overexploitation of key species, driving reefs increasingly toward the tipping point for functional collapse. This review presents future scenarios for coral reefs that predict increasingly serious consequences for reef-associated fisheries, tourism, coastal protection, and people. As the International Year of the Reef 2008 begins, scaled-up management intervention and decisive action on global emissions are required if the loss of coral-dominated ecosystems is to be avoided.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 86 1%
United Kingdom 22 <1%
Australia 18 <1%
Germany 16 <1%
Mexico 16 <1%
Brazil 16 <1%
France 11 <1%
Sweden 11 <1%
Canada 9 <1%
Other 107 2%
Unknown 5762 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Bachelor 1202 20%
Student > Master 1043 17%
Student > Ph. D. Student 1020 17%
Researcher 827 14%
Other 210 3%
Other 785 13%
Unknown 987 16%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 2094 34%
Environmental Science 1401 23%
Earth and Planetary Sciences 546 9%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 256 4%
Engineering 113 2%
Other 553 9%
Unknown 1111 18%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 405. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 04 March 2024.
All research outputs
#73,657
of 25,410,626 outputs
Outputs from Science
#2,640
of 82,965 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#104
of 166,874 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Science
#3
of 327 outputs
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