A Regional Review of Marine and Coastal Impacts of Climate Change on the ROPME Sea Area

Susana Lincoln, Paul Buckley, Ella L. Howes, Katherine M. Maltby, John K. Pinnegar, Thamer S. Ali, Yousef Alosairi, Alanoud Al-Ragum, Alastair Baglee, Chiden Oseo Balmes, Radhouane Ben Hamadou, John A. Burt, Michel Claereboudt, Jane Glavan, Rusyan Jill Mamiit, Humood A. Naser, Omid Sedighi, Mohammad Reza Shokri, Bassam Shuhaibar, Colette C. C. Wabnitz and Will J. F. Le Quesne
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Susana Lincoln: International Marine Climate Change Centre (iMC3), The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences (Cefas), Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0HT, UK
Paul Buckley: International Marine Climate Change Centre (iMC3), The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences (Cefas), Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0HT, UK
Ella L. Howes: International Marine Climate Change Centre (iMC3), The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences (Cefas), Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0HT, UK
Katherine M. Maltby: International Marine Climate Change Centre (iMC3), The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences (Cefas), Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0HT, UK
John K. Pinnegar: International Marine Climate Change Centre (iMC3), The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences (Cefas), Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0HT, UK
Thamer S. Ali: Department of Natural Resources and Environment, College of Graduate Studies, Arabian Gulf University, Manama 329, Bahrain
Yousef Alosairi: Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), Kuwait City 13109, Kuwait
Alanoud Al-Ragum: Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), Kuwait City 13109, Kuwait
Alastair Baglee: Acclimatise Group Ltd., Newark NG22 8LS, UK
Chiden Oseo Balmes: Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), Abu Dhabi Office, Abu Dhabi 51133, United Arab Emirates
Radhouane Ben Hamadou: Marine Science Program, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, Doha 2713, Qatar
John A. Burt: Water Research Centre & Centre for Genomics and Systems Biology, New York University in Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi 51133, United Arab Emirates
Michel Claereboudt: Department of Marine Science and Fisheries, College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat 123, Oman
Jane Glavan: Distant Imagery Solutions, Dubai 35391, United Arab Emirates
Rusyan Jill Mamiit: Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), Abu Dhabi Office, Abu Dhabi 51133, United Arab Emirates
Humood A. Naser: Department of Biology, College of Science, University of Bahrain, Sakhir P.O. Box 32038, Bahrain
Omid Sedighi: Department of Environment, Tehran 738314155, Iran
Mohammad Reza Shokri: Faculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran 1983969411, Iran
Bassam Shuhaibar: Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research (KISR), Kuwait City 13109, Kuwait
Colette C. C. Wabnitz: Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
Will J. F. Le Quesne: International Marine Climate Change Centre (iMC3), The Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences (Cefas), Lowestoft, Suffolk NR33 0HT, UK

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 24, 1-34

Abstract: The Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment (ROPME) Sea Area (RSA) in the northern Indian Ocean, which comprises the Gulf, the Gulf of Oman and the northern Arabian Sea, already experiences naturally extreme environmental conditions and incorporates one of the world’s warmest seas. There is growing evidence that climate change is already affecting the environmental conditions of the RSA, in areas including sea temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, pH, and sea level, which are set to continue changing over time. The cumulative impacts of these changes on coastal and marine ecosystems and dependent societies are less well documented, but are likely to be significant, especially in the context of other human stressors. This review represents the first regional synthesis of observed and predicted climate change impacts on marine and coastal ecosystems across the ROPME Sea Area and their implications for dependent societies. Climate-driven ecological changes include loss of coral reefs due to bleaching and the decline of fish populations, while socio-economic impacts include physical impacts from sea-level rise and cyclones, risk to commercial wild capture fisheries, disruption to desalination systems and loss of tourism. The compilation of this review is aimed to support the development of targeted adaptation actions and to direct future research within the RSA.

Keywords: Anthropocene; climate risk; environmental benefits; environmental change; marine heatwave; oxygen minimum zone; socio-economic factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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