Rapid emergence of climate change in environmental drivers of marine ecosystems

Nature Communications

Volumn 8, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Henson, Stephanie A ^a   Beaulieu, Claudie ^b   Ilyina, Tatiana ^c   John, Jasmin G ^d   Long, Matthew ^e   Séférian, Roland ^f   Tjiputra, Jerry ^g   Sarmiento, Jorge L ^h  

^a NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^f CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^g BJERKNES CENTRE FOR CLIMATE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^h PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM SERVICE; ENSEMBLE FORECASTING; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FUTURE PROSPECT; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; TREND ANALYSIS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DRIVER; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEA; STRESS; ECOSYSTEM; TIME FACTOR;

CLIMATE CHANGE; ECOSYSTEM; OCEANS AND SEAS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 85014786109     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms14682     Document Type: Article

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