Paris Agreement could prevent regional mass extinctions of coral species.

Coral reef ecosystems are expected to undergo significant declines over the coming decades as oceans become warmer and more acidic. We investigate the environmental tolerances of over 650 Scleractinian coral species based on the conditions found within their present-day ranges and in areas where they are currently absent but could potentially reach via larval dispersal. These "environmental envelopes" and connectivity constraints are then used to develop global forecasts for potential coral species richness under two emission scenarios, representing the Paris Agreement target ("SSP1-2.

Decline in Atlantic wolffish Anarhichas lupus in the North Sea: Impacts of fishing pressure and climate change.

Anarhichas lupus is a boreo-Arctic species with biological characteristics often associated with vulnerability to overexploitation. Although not commercially targeted in the North Sea, A. lupus is a bycatch species in mixed demersal fisheries.

Proceedings of the 2017 Viral Clearance Symposium: Conclusion.

This report provides a high-level summary of the key outcomes and gaps based on the research presented at the Viral Clearance Symposium 2017 and identifies new areas for future study and improvements.The 2017 conference structure extended the framework from the preceding conferences, focusing on the key gaps and associated developments and including the additional focus areas of facility risk mitigation and continuous processing, and ways to improve the efficiency of the overall adventitious agent strategy. This report provides a high-level summary of the key outcomes and gaps based on the research presented at the Viral Clearance Symposium 2017 and identifies new areas for future study and improvements.

Cryptic biodiversity and phylogeographic patterns of Seychellois isopods.

isopods are conspicuous inhabitants of rocky intertidal habitats exhibiting several biological traits that severely limit their dispersal potential. Their presence in patchy habitats and low vagility may lead to long term isolation, allopatric isolation and possible cryptic speciation. Indeed, various species of have been suggested to represent instead cryptic species complexes.

Targeting of blood safety measures to affected areas with ongoing local transmission of malaria.

An outbreak of locally acquired Plasmodium vivax malaria in Greece started in 2009 and peaked in 2011. Targeting of blood safety measures to affected areas with ongoing transmission of malaria raised questions of how to define spatial boundaries of such an area and when to trigger any specific blood safety measures, including whether and which blood donation screening strategy to apply. To provide scientific advice the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) organised expert meetings in 2013.