Ocean and Climate Synergies - From ocean warming to rising sea levels

The designations employed and the presentation of material on this map do not imply the expression of anyo pinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. [...] • These changes threaten marine life, with a Whereas the legacy of the historical significant impact on ecosystems, and affect development, the culture of existing millions of people who rely on the ocean for food communities, and the financial means of each and livelihood. [...] decrease in the influx of organic carbon from the • It is estimated that between 0.66 to 1.7 million surface ocean will reduce calcification and people in the Pacific islands and 46% population exacerbate the bioerosion and dissolution of the of Bangladesh may be forced to migrate owing to non-living component of cold-water coral as well rising sea levels by 2050, along with the loss of (Bindoff e. [...] The coral cover is projected to The limited amount of suitable habitat and limited decline from the current maximum of 40% to 15 capacity for rapid adaptation of small islands make to 30% by 2035 and 10% to 20% by 2050, the consequences of accelerating climate change primarily due to the acidification of the ocean likely to be severe for the region's biodiversity and increasing sea surface tempera. [...] Spatial information of the maritime continent Due to the discrepancy between altimetry and Maritime continent refers to the region in tide gauge data, a fitted line plot was created to Southeast Asia that consists of countries such as minimalize the scattered value and observe the Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.