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Australia: coral reefs - moderate adaptation

Figure 11.6 of AR6-WGII-Chapter11Click to view the related figure from the IPCC.: Loss and degradation of coral reefs in AustraliaName of the ember group (e.g. figure panel): Moderate adaptationName of the ember
Other scenario(s): Low adaptation.
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Description

Loss and degradation of coral reefs and associated biodiversity and ecosystem service values in Australia, mainly due to ocean warming and marine heatwaves (moderate adaptation) [Table SM11.2b]

Transitions

Hazard metric: GMT; evaluated up to 4.0 °C.
Undetectable to moderate
(white to yellow)
min
0.2
high confidence
max
0.4

(information on this transition is not available yet)

Moderate to high
(yellow to red)
min
0.4
high confidence
max
0.6

(information on this transition is not available yet)

High to very high
(red to purple)
min
1.1
high confidence
max
1.3

(information on this transition is not available yet)

Keywords

ecosystems, coastal, ocean, RKR-B.O, RKR-A

Scenario/adaptation

Inclusion level

Reference of the primary source (figure)

Lawrence, J., B. Mackey, F. Chiew, M.J. Costello, K. Hennessy, N. Lansbury, U.B. Nidumolu, G. Pecl, L. Rickards, N. Tapper, A. Woodward, and A. Wreford, 2022: Australasia. In: Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. [Pörtner, H.-O., D.C. Roberts, M. Tignor, E.S. Poloczanska, K. Mintenbeck, A. Alegría, M. Craig, S. Langsdorf, S. Löschke, V. Möller, A. Okem, B. Rama (eds.)]. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, USA, pp. 1581-1688. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009325844.013
Alternative direct download: www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGII_Chapter11.pdf

Data and additional information are usually obtained from the supplementary material (SM):

Lawrence, J., B. Mackey, F. Chiew, M.J. Costello, K. Hennessy, N. Lansbury, U.B. Nidumolu, G. Pecl, L. Rickards, N. Tapper, A. Woodward, and A. Wreford, 2022: Australasia Supplementary Material. In: Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. [Pörtner, H.-O., D.C. Roberts, M. Tignor, E.S. Poloczanska, K. Mintenbeck, A. Alegría, M. Craig, S. Langsdorf, S. Löschke, V. Möller, A. Okem, B. Rama (eds.)], url: www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg2/downloads/report/IPCC_AR6_WGII_Chapter11_SM.pdf

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Last updated on Sept. 26, 2024, 12:59 p.m..