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Gattuso, JP, Magnan, A, Bille, R, Cheung, WWL, Howes, EL, Joos, F, Allemand, D, Bopp, L, Cooley, SR, Eakin, CM, Hoegh-Guldberg, O, Kelly, RP, Portner, H-O, Rogers, AD, Baxter, JM, Laffoley, D, Osborn, D, Rankovic, A, Rochette, J, Sumaila, UR, Treyer, S and Turley, CM 2015 Contrasting futures for ocean and society from different anthropogenic CO2 emissions scenarios. Science, 349 (6243). aac4722-aac4722. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aac4722
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Abstract/Summary
The ocean moderates anthropogenic climate change at the cost of profound alterations of its physics, chemistry, ecology, and services. Here, we evaluate and compare the risks of impacts on marine and coastal ecosystems and the goods and services they provide for growing cumulative carbon emissions under two contrasting emissions scenarios. The current emissions trajectory would rapidly and significantly alter many ecosystems and the associated services on which humans heavily depend. A reduced emissions scenario consistent with the Copenhagen Accord’s goal of a global temperature increase of less than 2°C—is much more favorable to the ocean but still substantially alters important marine ecosystems and associated goods and services. The management options to address ocean impacts narrow as the ocean warms and acidifies. Consequently, any new climate regime that fails to minimize ocean impacts would be incomplete and inadequate.
| Item Type: | Publication - Article |
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| Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.: | This is the author’s version of the work. It is posted here by permission of the AAAS for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Science on 3 July 2015, Vol349, DOI: 10.1126/science.aac4722. |
| Subjects: | Chemistry Ecology and Environment Marine Sciences |
| Divisions: | Plymouth Marine Laboratory > Science Areas > Sea and Society |
| Depositing User: | Mrs Julia Crocker |
| Date made live: | 15 Jul 2015 14:34 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Apr 2020 09:56 |
| URI: | https://plymsea.ac.uk/id/eprint/6491 |
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