#ClimateRefuges

Original post on gluck.cc

[Is the Pacific Northwest ready for a wave of climate migration?]

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“The range that I use for the United States is that we could see anywhere between 13 and 160 million Americans displaced by the kind of climate forces that I'm looking at.”

… regions that are seen as #climateRefuges should […]

Frontiers | Incentive diversity is key to the more effective and equitable governance of marine protected areas A target to conserve 30% of oceans by designating marine protected areas (MPAs) has been agreed, yet the effectiveness of existing MPAs is often low, with fe...

It's now evident that #MarineProtectedAreas can help build #ResilienceThroughDiversity but they are neither #NatureBasedSolutions nor #ClimateRefuges www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar... arguably representing #FalseHopeSpots rather than #HopeSpots, due to #LimitsToResilience

‘It was our hope spot’: scientists heartbroken as pristine coral gardens hit by Western Australia’s worst bleaching event Usually alive with colour and fish, Ningaloo reef and the Rowley Showls now look as though they are ‘painted white’ as temperatures rise

.. rather than being #ClimateRefuges or #HopeSpots www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jun/07/wa-coral-unprecedented-bleaching-event-ningaloo-reef. Nor will #CoralRestoration #CoralGardening genetic engineering, etc be effective to scale & save coral reefs www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02667-x

Hidden heatwaves and severe coral bleaching linked to mesoscale eddies and thermocline dynamics - Nature Communications Hidden marine heatwaves, associated with ocean eddies that modulate undersea internal waves, threaten coastal ecosystems by driving unexpected sub-surface heating and severe coral bleaching and mortal...

🌊 Flashback: Internal-wave cooling mitigates 🌡️ thermal stress during marine heatwaves, creating hidden (temporary?) #ClimateRefuges for #mesophotic #CoralReefs.

Revisit the paper: t.ly/B2Atg🔗

🌏 How can we use these insights to enhance conservation in understudied regions like the Coral Triangle?