Message Box:Take a few minutes to fill in a one-sentence description of the issue and

four supporting facts/arguments which answer the listed questions.

Issue

Benefits?

Problems?

Solutions?

So What?

Climate change and

marine ecosystems

Benefits?

Will enable us to make smart/informed decisions to mitigate and adapt to these changes

Problems?

Climate change is affecting marine ecosystems, the services they provide society, and coastal communities

that depend on these services

Solutions?

Integrated ocean observing and ecological monitoring

Conducting these studies in and out of MPAs will help us identify the combined effects of climate change and other

human activities (e.g., fishing) on ecosystems

So What?

Combined effects of climate change and other

human activities can undermine marine

ecosystems and the services they provide:

fishing, recreation, buffering from

weather