Coral reefs: Moving beyond Malthus

Philip A Loring

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2022.05.012

Coral reefs: Moving beyond Malthus

Curr Biol. 2022 Jun 20;32(12):R569-R571. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.05.012.

Author

Philip A Loring¹

Affiliation

¹ Arrell Chair in Food, Policy and Society, Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada. Electronic address: phil.loring@uoguelph.ca.

PMID: 35728528
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.05.012

Abstract

Environmental problems are often construed as having straightforward causes, such as human population growth or greed. Yet, the social sciences offer more elaborate theories that allow for a much more accurate and actionable understanding of these causes. A new study puts the explanatory power of some such theories to the test on coral reefs.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Anthozoa*
Coral Reefs*
Ecosystem