Potential Future Coral Habitats Around Japan Depend Strongly on Anthropogenic CO2 Emissions

• Main Authors: Yara, Yumiko, Yamano, Hiroya, Steinacher, Marco, Fujii, Masahiko, Vogt, Meike, Gruber, Nicolas, Yamanaka, Yasuhiro
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Singapore 2016
• Subjects: 530 Physics; Yara; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://boris.unibe.ch/83707/1/chp%253A10.1007%252F978-981-10-0780-4_4.pdf; https://boris.unibe.ch/83707/

Using the results from the NCAR CSM1.4-coupled global carbon cycle– climate model under the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) emission scenarios SRES A2 and B1, we estimated the effects of both global warming and ocean acidification on the future habitats of corals in the seas around...