Marine reserves can mitigate and promote adaptation to climate change
University of York · University of California, Santa Barbara · +8 more institutions
Abstract
Strong decreases in greenhouse gas emissions are required to meet the reduction trajectory resolved within the 2015 Paris Agreement. However, even these decreases will not avert serious stress and damage to life on Earth, and additional steps are needed to boost the resilience of ecosystems, safeguard their wildlife, and protect their capacity to supply vital goods and services. We discuss how well-managed marine reserves may help marine ecosystems and people adapt to five prominent impacts of climate change: acidification, sea-level rise, intensification of storms, shifts in species distribution, and decreased productivity and oxygen availability, as well as their cumulative effects. We explore the role of…
Citation impact
- FWCI
- 46.41
- Percentile
- 100%
- References
- 144
Authors
12Topics & keywords
- Climate change
- Natural resource economics
- Marine reserve
- Environmental science
- Environmental resource management
- Ecosystem
- Greenhouse gas
- Marine ecosystem
- Life below water
Funding
- PCPew Charitable Trusts
- PGPaul G. Allen Family Foundation
- SRSight Research UKAwards: NE/H010041/1, NE/I017720/1, NE/H017402/1
- KAKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- UOUniversity of British Columbia
- DFDirectorate for Biological Sciences
- NENatural Environment Research CouncilAwards: NE/I017720/1, NE/H017402/1, NE/H010041/1