The best real estate for coral reefs over the coming decades
will no longer be around the equator but in the sub-tropics, new research from
the University of Bristol suggests.
Fossil fuel emissions are impacting corals through high
temperatures which can cause their deaths and ocean acidification which makes
it difficult for them to produce their skeletons. In a study published today in Global Change
Biology, Dr Elena Couce, Professor Andy Ridgwell and Dr Erica Hendy used
computer models to predict future shifts in the global distribution of coral
reef ecosystems under these two stressors.