ENSO Drove 2500-Year Collapse of Eastern Pacific Coral Reefs
A Long Collapse Coral reefs are threatened by global warming and ocean acidification, and so it is important to understand better how and why environmental changes have affected them in the past. Toth et al. (p. 81 ) present a 6000-year-long record of coral reefs off the coast of Panama, Central Ame...
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craaas:10.1126/science.1221168 2024-06-09T07:48:46+00:00 ENSO Drove 2500-Year Collapse of Eastern Pacific Coral Reefs Toth, Lauren T. Aronson, Richard B. Vollmer, Steven V. Hobbs, Jennifer W. Urrego, Dunia H. Cheng, Hai Enochs, Ian C. Combosch, David J. van Woesik, Robert Macintyre, Ian G. 2012 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1221168 https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.1221168 en eng American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science volume 337, issue 6090, page 81-84 ISSN 0036-8075 1095-9203 journal-article 2012 craaas https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1221168 2024-05-16T12:55:14Z A Long Collapse Coral reefs are threatened by global warming and ocean acidification, and so it is important to understand better how and why environmental changes have affected them in the past. Toth et al. (p. 81 ) present a 6000-year-long record of coral reefs off the coast of Panama, Central America. The reefs effectively stopped growing for approximately 2600 years, beginning around 4000 years ago. This collapse of the coral reef system was probably caused by increased variability of ENSO, the El Nino–Southern Oscillation. If the strength or frequency of ENSO were to increase, the viability of these and other reef systems in the Pacific could be put further at risk. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification AAAS Resource Center (American Association for the Advancement of Science) Pacific Toth ENVELOPE(-155.250,-155.250,-86.367,-86.367) Science 337 6090 81 84 |
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A Long Collapse Coral reefs are threatened by global warming and ocean acidification, and so it is important to understand better how and why environmental changes have affected them in the past. Toth et al. (p. 81 ) present a 6000-year-long record of coral reefs off the coast of Panama, Central America. The reefs effectively stopped growing for approximately 2600 years, beginning around 4000 years ago. This collapse of the coral reef system was probably caused by increased variability of ENSO, the El Nino–Southern Oscillation. If the strength or frequency of ENSO were to increase, the viability of these and other reef systems in the Pacific could be put further at risk. |
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Toth, Lauren T. Aronson, Richard B. Vollmer, Steven V. Hobbs, Jennifer W. Urrego, Dunia H. Cheng, Hai Enochs, Ian C. Combosch, David J. van Woesik, Robert Macintyre, Ian G. |
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Toth, Lauren T. Aronson, Richard B. Vollmer, Steven V. Hobbs, Jennifer W. Urrego, Dunia H. Cheng, Hai Enochs, Ian C. Combosch, David J. van Woesik, Robert Macintyre, Ian G. ENSO Drove 2500-Year Collapse of Eastern Pacific Coral Reefs |
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Toth, Lauren T. Aronson, Richard B. Vollmer, Steven V. Hobbs, Jennifer W. Urrego, Dunia H. Cheng, Hai Enochs, Ian C. Combosch, David J. van Woesik, Robert Macintyre, Ian G. |
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ENSO Drove 2500-Year Collapse of Eastern Pacific Coral Reefs |
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ENSO Drove 2500-Year Collapse of Eastern Pacific Coral Reefs |
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ENSO Drove 2500-Year Collapse of Eastern Pacific Coral Reefs |
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