The 2014–2017 global-scale coral bleaching event: insights and impacts

State-of-the-art global models underestimate impacts from climate extremes

(2019) Jacob Schewe et al.   Nature Communications

Internal waves influence the thermal and nutrient environment on a shallow coral reef

(2019) Emma C. Reid et al.   LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY

Heat attenuation and nutrient delivery by localized upwelling avoided coral bleaching mortality in northern Galapagos during 2015/2016 ENSO

(2019) Bernhard Riegl et al.   CORAL REEFS

Causes and consequences of the 2017 coral bleaching event in the southern Persian/Arabian Gulf

(2019) John A. Burt et al.   CORAL REEFS

Bleaching impacts on carbonate production in the Chagos Archipelago: influence of functional coral groups on carbonate budget trajectories

(2019) Ines D. Lange et al.   CORAL REEFS

Physical mechanisms influencing localized patterns of temperature variability and coral bleaching within a system of reef atolls

(2019) Rebecca H. Green et al.   CORAL REEFS

Coral bleaching and recovery from 2016 to 2017 at East and West Flower Garden Banks, Gulf of Mexico

(2019) Michelle A. Johnston et al.   CORAL REEFS

Sustained mass coral bleaching (2016–2017) in Brazilian turbid-zone reefs: taxonomic, cross-shelf and habitat-related trends

(2019) Carolina D. Teixeira et al.   CORAL REEFS

Variable interaction outcomes of local disturbance and El Niño-induced heat stress on coral microbiome alpha and beta diversity

(2019) Jamie M. McDevitt-Irwin et al.   CORAL REEFS

Boom and bust of keystone structure on coral reefs

(2019) Shaun K. Wilson et al.   CORAL REEFS

Limited coral mortality following acute thermal stress and widespread bleaching on Palmyra Atoll, central Pacific

(2019) Michael D. Fox et al.   CORAL REEFS

Mass coral bleaching of P. versipora in Sydney Harbour driven by the 2015–2016 heatwave

(2019) Samantha Goyen et al.   CORAL REEFS

The relentless march of mass coral bleaching: a global perspective of changing heat stress

(2019) W. J. Skirving et al.   CORAL REEFS

The state of Western Australia’s coral reefs

(2019) James P. Gilmour et al.   CORAL REEFS

Physiological and reproductive repercussions of consecutive summer bleaching events of the threatened Caribbean coral Orbicella faveolata

(2019) Jay Fisch et al.   CORAL REEFS

Unravelling the links between heat stress, bleaching and disease: fate of tabular corals following a combined disease and bleaching event

(2019) O. B. Brodnicke et al.   CORAL REEFS

Impacts of consecutive bleaching events and local algal abundance on transplanted coral colonies in the Florida Keys

(2019) Kylie M. Smith et al.   CORAL REEFS

Global warming impairs stock–recruitment dynamics of corals

(2019) Terry P. Hughes et al.   NATURE

Changes in abundance of fish-parasitic gnathiid isopods associated with warm-water bleaching events on the northern Great Barrier Reef

(2019) P. C. Sikkel et al.   CORAL REEFS

Coral bleaching impacts from back-to-back 2015–2016 thermal anomalies in the remote central Indian Ocean

(2019) Catherine E. I. Head et al.   CORAL REEFS

El Niño-associated catastrophic coral mortality at Jarvis Island, central Equatorial Pacific

(2019) Bernardo Vargas-Ángel et al.   CORAL REEFS

Successive bleaching events cause mass coral mortality in Guam, Micronesia

(2019) L. J. Raymundo et al.   CORAL REEFS

Thermal stress induces persistently altered coral reef fish assemblages

(2019) James P. W. Robinson et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Differences in Symbiodiniaceae communities and photosynthesis following thermal bleaching of massive corals in the northern part of the South China Sea

(2019) Sanqiang Gong et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Shifts in tourists’ sentiments and climate risk perceptions following mass coral bleaching of the Great Barrier Reef

(2019) Matthew I. Curnock et al.   Nature Climate Change

Climate resilience in marine protected areas and the ‘Protection Paradox’

(2019) Amanda E. Bates et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Coral reef conservation in the Anthropocene: Confronting spatial mismatches and prioritizing functions

(2019) David R. Bellwood et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Rapid Coral Decay Is Associated with Marine Heatwave Mortality Events on Reefs

(2019) William P. Leggat et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Differential bleaching and recovery pattern of southeast Indian coral reef to 2016 global mass bleaching event: Occurrence of stress-tolerant symbiont Durusdinium (Clade D) in corals of Palk Bay

(2019) T. Thinesh et al.   MARINE POLLUTION BULLETIN

Ecological Impacts of the 2015/16 El Niño in the Central Equatorial Pacific

(2018) Russell E. Brainard et al.   BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY

Population collapse dynamics in Acropora downingi , an Arabian/Persian Gulf ecosystem-engineering coral, linked to rising temperature

(2018) Bernhard Riegl et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Mass coral bleaching causes biotic homogenization of reef fish assemblages

(2018) Laura E. Richardson et al.   GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Palaeoclimate constraints on the impact of 2 °C anthropogenic warming and beyond

(2018) Hubertus Fischer et al.   Nature Geoscience

Spatial and temporal patterns of mass bleaching of corals in the Anthropocene

(2018) Terry P. Hughes et al.   SCIENCE

Mesophotic coral ecosystems are threatened and ecologically distinct from shallow water reefs

(2018) Luiz A. Rocha et al.   SCIENCE

Longer and more frequent marine heatwaves over the past century

(2018) Eric C. J. Oliver et al.   Nature Communications

A decline in bleaching suggests that depth can provide a refuge from global warming in most coral taxa

(2018) AH Baird et al.   MARINE ECOLOGY PROGRESS SERIES

Ecosystem restructuring along the Great Barrier Reef following mass coral bleaching

(2018) Rick D. Stuart-Smith et al.   NATURE

Global warming transforms coral reef assemblages

(2018) Terry P. Hughes et al.   NATURE

Deep reefs of the Great Barrier Reef offer limited thermal refuge during mass coral bleaching

(2018) Pedro R. Frade et al.   Nature Communications

Back-to-back coral bleaching events on isolated atolls in the Coral Sea

(2018) Hugo B. Harrison et al.   CORAL REEFS

Timing matters: survey timing during extended heat stress can influence perceptions of coral susceptibility to bleaching

(2018) Danielle C. Claar et al.   CORAL REEFS

Coral-dwelling fish moderate bleaching susceptibility of coral hosts

(2018) T. J. Chase et al.   PLoS One

Ecological memory modifies the cumulative impact of recurrent climate extremes

(2018) Terry P. Hughes et al.   Nature Climate Change

Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals

(2017) Terry P. Hughes et al.   NATURE

Coral reefs in the Anthropocene

(2017) Terry P. Hughes et al.   NATURE

Mass coral bleaching due to unprecedented marine heatwave in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument (Northwestern Hawaiian Islands)

(2017) Courtney S. Couch et al.   PLoS One

Marine heatwave causes unprecedented regional mass bleaching of thermally resistant corals in northwestern Australia

(2017) Morane Le Nohaïc et al.   Scientific Reports

Warming Trends and Bleaching Stress of the World’s Coral Reefs 1985–2012

(2016) Scott F. Heron et al.   Scientific Reports

Predicting climate-driven regime shifts versus rebound potential in coral reefs

(2015) Nicholas A. J. Graham et al.   NATURE

Recovery of an Isolated Coral Reef System Following Severe Disturbance

(2013) J. P. Gilmour et al.   SCIENCE

Prioritizing Key Resilience Indicators to Support Coral Reef Management in a Changing Climate

(2012) Tim R. McClanahan et al.   PLoS One

Climate change and coral reef bleaching: An ecological assessment of long-term impacts, recovery trends and future outlook

(2008) Andrew C. Baker et al.   ESTUARINE COASTAL AND SHELF SCIENCE