Biodiversité

Le réchauffement, qui interfère dans le blanchissement des coraux et la distribution des espèces marines, va contribuer aussi à l’intensification des inondations et des cyclones, s’inquiète le chercheur Jean-Pierre Gattuso.

Ocean warming affects the life history and fitness of marine organisms by, among others, increasing animal metabolism and reducing oxygen availability. In coastal habitats, animals live in close association with photosynthetic organisms whose oxygen supply supports metabolic demands and may compensate for acute warming. Using a unique high-frequency monitoring dataset, we show that oxygen supersaturation resulting from photosynthesis closely parallels sea temperature rise during diel cycles in Red Sea coastal habitats.