Climate change and
marine life
A Marine Climate Impacts Workshop was held
from 29 April to 3 May 2012 at the US National
Center of Ecological Analysis and Synthesis in
Santa Barbara. This workshop was the culmination
of a series of six meetings over the past
three years, which had brought together 25
experts in climate change ecology, analysis of
large datasets, palaeontology, marine ecology
and physical oceanography. Aims of these workshops
were to produce a global synthesis of
climate impacts on marine biota, to identify
sensitive habitats and taxa, to inform the current
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC) process, and to strengthen research into
ecological impacts of climate change.
Keywords: climate change; marine science; detection
and attribution