People

Monitoring Earth’s intertidal ecosystems

Abstract: Increasing human populations around the world’s coastline have caused extensive loss, degradation and fragmentation of coastal ecosystems. Swift losses of coastal ecosystems have been rec

Coastal human ecology (CHE) for environmental management and conservation

Abstract:  CHE is not a particular theory or a single approach but a collection of lines of research that address human-environmental interactions in coastal and marine systems at the local scale

Advancing Ocean Literacy with Emerging Technology

Abstract: How can we care about something we never see or experience? Virtual reality has the potential to connect people with far-away places, and is an effective medium to generate empathy and sel

Revising coral systematics and biogeography, and why it matters for coral reef conservation

Of Rats and Reefs

Abstract: When abundant, seabirds feeding in the open ocean transport large quantities of nutrients onto islands, enhancing the productivity of island fauna and flora. These nutrients can leach int

Evolutionary potential of coral reef fishes in a warming ocean

Abstract: Current-day populations of coral reef fish suffer when exposed acutely to elevated temperatures, but future warming will occur over greater timescales. Recent studies show that developmenta

Understanding human impacts on coral reefs across multiple scales to guide conservation and management

Abstract: There is often a mismatch between the scales at which ecosystems are threatened by human impacts and those at which management and policy are implemented. Better understanding the scales ov

Beneficial acclimation and stress-hardening of corals to climate change conditions

Abstract:  Ocean warming and acidification are challenging the tolerance limits of scleractinian corals. However, beneficial acclimation and stress-hardening via phenotypic plasticity may be pathw