• Coral Reefs Destruction and Climate Change: Science and Management

Coral Reefs Destruction and Climate Change: Science and Management

  • Price $155.00
  • ISBN: 9781682507414
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Coral reefs are found in a wide range of environments, where they provide food and habitat to a large range of organisms as well as providing many other ecological goods and services. Anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions have caused an increase in global surface temperature of approximately 1°C since pre-industrial times. This has led to unprecedented mass coral bleaching events which – combined with growing local pressures – have made coral reefs one of the most threatened ecosystems on Earth. This book examines the relationship between the levels of coral reefs destruction with climate change phenomena. Given these risks and the importance of coral reefs to humans and marine biodiversity, the present book focuses on the challenges that warm and cold-water coral reef ecosystems and their human communities are facing, particularly those posed by rapidly warming and acidifying oceans. 

Print ISBN: 9781682507414 | $ 155 | 2021 | Hardcover

Subject: Environmental Science

Editor: Kaspars Deru