Coastal Monitoring in the Context of Climate Change: Time-Series Efforts in Lebanon and Argentina

HASSOUN, ABED EL RAHMAN; HERNÁNDEZ-MORESINO, RODRIGO; BARBIERI, ELENA S.; CARBAJAL, JUAN CRUZ; CRESPI-ABRIL, AUGUSTO; DE CIAN, ANTONELLA; EPHERRA, LUCÍA; FAKHRI, MILAD; GHANEM, ABEER; JABER, HOUSSEIN; KASSAB, MARIE-THÉRÈSE; MARTELLI, ANTONELA; OUBA, ANTHONY; PAPARAZZO, FLAVIO; PISONI, JUAN PABLO; TAREK, ELIE; VÁZQUEZ, JUAN GABRIEL

OCEANOGRAPHY

OCEANOGRAPHY SOC

Año: 2021 vol. 34 p. 12 - 13

1042-8275

Since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, anthropogenic activities have emitted greenhouse gases that arechanging climate patterns worldwide, with exacerbatedtrends in some areas (MedECC, 2020). Climate change consequences are already detectable in many oceanic regions(e.g., warming, acidification, deoxygenation), and they areprojected to intensify, affecting marine resources and thelivelihoods of the millions of people who rely on them.Consequently, a well-equipped, multidisciplinary coastalocean observing system is needed to monitor long-termpatterns of the physical, chemical, and biological featuresin seawater where the most vulnerable communities andecosystems coexist. The scientific understanding gainedfrom such an observing system can be used to help managers and policymakers make informed decisions andtailor strategies and plans that would improve the resilience of coastal areas against climate change.Here, we describe two coastal time-series stations,one located in the Mediterranean Sea and the other inthe southwestern Atlantic Ocean, both in regions greatlyimpacted by climate change.