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4940
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103

Overview

Elvira S. Poloczanska is affiliated with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in Switzerland. Their primary research field is Environmental Science, with a focus on subfields including Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Sociology and Political Science, and Oceanography.

The scientist's work extensively covers topics such as Coastal and Marine Management, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Marine and Fisheries Research, Marine and Coastal Plant Biology, Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology, Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport, and Climate Change Communication and Perception.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Elvira S. Poloczanska include Katja Mintenbeck, Hans-Otto Pörtner, Carlos M. Duarte, Jean-Pierre Gattuso, and Melinda Tignor.

Some of the recent papers published by this scientist include:

  • "Rebuilding marine life" (2020) published in Nature
  • "The Promise of Blue Carbon Climate Solutions: Where the Science Supports Ocean-Climate Policy" (2022) published in Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "The benefits to climate science of including early-career scientists as reviewers" (2020) published in Geoscience Communication
  • "Author Correction: Rebuilding marine life" (2021) published in Nature
  • "Towards an IPCC Atlas for comprehensive climate change risk assessments" (2024) published in npj Climate Action

The scientist has contributed publications to various venues, with notable frequency in Nature, UNC Libraries, Frontiers in Marine Science, Geoscience Communication, and npj Climate Action.

In addition to journal publications, Elvira S. Poloczanska has authored a book published by Maribus eBooks titled World ocean review: Mit den Meeren leben 7. Lebensgarant Ozean - nachhaltig nutzen, wirksam schützen in 2021.

Best Publications

  • Global imprint of climate change on marine life

    Elvira S. Poloczanska;Christopher J. Brown;Christopher J. Brown;William J. Sydeman;Wolfgang Kiessling;Wolfgang Kiessling

  • The pace of shifting climate in marine and terrestrial ecosystems.

    Michael T. Burrows;David S. Schoeman;David S. Schoeman;Lauren B. Buckley;Pippa Moore;Pippa Moore

  • Responses of Marine Organisms to Climate Change across Oceans

    Elvira S. Poloczanska;Elvira S. Poloczanska;Michael T. Burrows;Christopher J. Brown;Jorge García Molinos;Jorge García Molinos;Jorge García Molinos

  • Rebuilding marine life

    Carlos M. Duarte;Carlos M. Duarte;Susana Agusti;Edward Barbier;Gregory L. Britten

  • Coral Reef Ecosystems under Climate Change and Ocean Acidification

    Ove Hoegh-Guldberg;Elvira S. Poloczanska;Elvira S. Poloczanska;William Skirving;Sophie Dove

  • Climate velocity and the future global redistribution of marine biodiversity

    Jorge Garcia Molinos;Jorge Garcia Molinos;Benjamin S. Halpern;Benjamin S. Halpern;David S. Schoeman;Christopher J. Brown

  • Geographical limits to species-range shifts are suggested by climate velocity

    Michael T. Burrows;David S. Schoeman;Anthony J. Richardson;Anthony J. Richardson;Jorge García Molinos

  • Climate change and Australian marine life

    E. S. Poloczanska;R. C Babcock;A. Butler;A. J. Hobday

  • The 'Great Southern Reef': social, ecological and economic value of Australia's neglected kelp forests

    Scott Bennett;Scott Bennett;Thomas Wernberg;Sean D. Connell;Alistair J. Hobday

  • Seaweed communities in retreat from ocean warming.

    Thomas Wernberg;Thomas Wernberg;Bayden D. Russell;Mads S. Thomsen;Mads S. Thomsen;C. Frederico D. Gurgel;C. Frederico D. Gurgel

  • Consequences of climate-driven biodiversity changes for ecosystem functioning of North European rocky shores

    Stephen Hawkins;Heather Sugden;Nova Mieszkowska;Philippa Moore

  • Complex interactions in a rapidly changing world: responses of rocky shore communities to recent climate change

    S J Hawkins;Phillipa Moore;Michael Burrows;E Poloczanska

  • Under-Resourced, Under Threat

    Anthony J. Richardson;Anthony J. Richardson;Elvira S. Poloczanska

  • Climate change and marine vertebrates

    William J. Sydeman;Elvira Poloczanska;Thomas E. Reed;Sarah Ann Thompson

  • MODELING THE RESPONSE OF POPULATIONS OF COMPETING SPECIES TO CLIMATE CHANGE

    Elvira S. Poloczanska;Stephen J. Hawkins;Stephen J. Hawkins;Alan J. Southward;Michael T. Burrows

  • Chapter 2. Vulnerability of marine turtles to climate change.

    Elvira S Poloczanska;Colin J Limpus;Graeme C Hays

  • Beyond climate change attribution in conservation and ecological research

    Camille Parmesan;Michael T. Burrows;Carlos M. Duarte;Carlos M. Duarte;Carlos M. Duarte;Elvira S. Poloczanska

  • Ecological and methodological drivers of species' distribution and phenology responses to climate change

    Christopher J. Brown;Mary I. O'Connor;Elvira S. Poloczanska;Elvira S. Poloczanska;David S. Schoeman

  • Observed and Projected Impacts of Climate Change on Marine Fisheries, Aquaculture, Coastal Tourism, and Human Health: An Update

    Lauren V. Weatherdon;Lauren V. Weatherdon;Alexandre K. Magnan;Alex D. Rogers;U. Rashid Sumaila

  • Phenological Changes in the Southern Hemisphere

    Lynda E. Chambers;Res Altwegg;Christophe Barbraud;Phoebe Barnard

  • Climate velocity and the future global redistribution of marine

    Jorge García Molinos;Benjamin S. Halpern;David S. Schoeman;Christopher J. Brown

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony J. Richardson
Anthony J. Richardson University of Queensland
Michael T. Burrows
Michael T. Burrows Scottish Association For Marine Science
David S. Schoeman
David S. Schoeman University of the Sunshine Coast
Carlos M. Duarte
Carlos M. Duarte King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Pippa J. Moore
Pippa J. Moore Newcastle University
Benjamin S. Halpern
Benjamin S. Halpern University of California, Santa Barbara
Alistair J. Hobday
Alistair J. Hobday Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Camille Parmesan
Camille Parmesan The University of Texas at Austin
Christopher J. Brown
Christopher J. Brown University of Tasmania
John M. Pandolfi
John M. Pandolfi University of Queensland

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