Modelling the potential impacts of climate change and human activities on the sustainability of marine resources

Barange, Manuel, Cheung, William W. L., Merino, Gorka and Perry, R. Ian (2010) Modelling the potential impacts of climate change and human activities on the sustainability of marine resources. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 2 (5-6). pp. 326-333. ISSN 1877-3443

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Abstract

Climate change is already impacting marine ecosystems. To adequately assess the threats and opportunities created we need modelling frameworks capable of evaluating the transfer of climate signals from the atmosphere to the oceans, and its propagation through to fish and fisheries. Significant progress has been achieved in developing such models. However, they seldom incorporate human activity in their projections, and thus ignore its capacity to amplify or minimise climate impacts. Emerging models exploring the synergistic dual exposure of marine ecosystems to climate change and human activity demonstrate firstly the explicit inclusion of humans is essential to provide meaningful and realistic climate change projections, and secondly effective tools for adaptation and mitigation strategies cannot be developed in their absence. The challenge is thus to develop coupled modelling frameworks that allow society to investigate the trade-offs between adaptation and mitigation in the management of marine ecosystems.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	sdg 13 - climate action,sdg 14 - life below water ,/dk/atira/pure/sustainabledevelopmentgoals/climate_action
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences
Depositing User:	Rosie Cullington
Date Deposited:	28 Jan 2011 13:55
Last Modified:	04 Jan 2023 13:30
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/20228
DOI:	10.1016/j.cosust.2010.10.002

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