Latham, J, Kleypas, J, Hauser, R et al. (2 more authors) (2013) Can marine cloud brightening reduce coral bleaching? Atmospheric Science Letters, 14 (4). 214 - 219. ISSN 1530-261X
Abstract
Increases in coral bleaching events over the last few decades have been largely caused by rising sea surface temperatures (SST), and continued warming is expected to cause even greater increases through this century. We use a Global Climate Model to examine the potential of marine cloud brightening (MCB) to cool oceanic surface waters in three coral reef provinces. Our simulations indicate that under doubled CO conditions, the substantial increases in coral bleaching conditions from current values in three reef regions (Caribbean, French Polynesia, and the Great Barrier Reef) were eliminated when MCB was applied, which reduced the SSTs at these sites roughly to their original values.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2013, Royal Meteorological Society. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | coral bleaching; marine cloud brightening; sea surface temperature; cloud seeding; global climate modeling |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > School of Earth and Environment (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 08 Sep 2014 09:50 |
Last Modified: | 24 Oct 2016 23:11 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/asl2.442 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Royal Meteorological Society |
Identification Number: | 10.1002/asl2.442 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:80135 |