Thursday, 22 July 2021, 10:23 am
Scientists have developed a new way to model and
map the health of coral reef ecosystems using data collected
on the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation’s Global
Reef Expedition. This innovative method, presented today at
the International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS), can determine
which natural and anthropogenic factors are most likely to
lead to persistently vibrant coral and fish communities.
Their findings can help scientists identify the reefs most
likely to survive in a changing world.
The
new models are a first step in being able to produce maps of
global coral reef resilience.
To create these models,