Coral bleaching and mortality overestimated in projections based on Degree Heating Months
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DOI: 10.1038/s41561-024-01635-7
Abstract: Influential projections of coral reef futures have used Degree Heating Months—a monthly reformulation of the well-validated Degree Heating Weeks index. Here we show that heat stress predictions using the 2 metrics differ substantially, with 33–1,584%… read more here.
Keywords: degree heating; projections based; based degree; bleaching mortality ... See more keywords