Global Coral Species Habitat Suitability Projections Under Climate Scenarios

Global projections of coral species presence and absence at reef locations worldwide. The data includes decadal projections from the 1990s to the 2080s under two Shared Socio-economic Pathways emission scenarios, SSP1-2.6 and SSP5-8.5. The dataset is provided by the Government Digital Service via the eu_open_data platform.

Use Cases

• Modeling coral species habitat loss based on decadal projections under different warming scenarios.
• Assessing global reef vulnerability based on projected species presence/absence data.
• Comparing biodiversity impacts between the SSP1-2.6 and SSP5-8.5 emission pathways.
• Validating environmental niche models for marine species using global-scale projections.

Strengths

• Projections cover a long temporal range from the 1990s to the 2080s.
• Includes data for two distinct future emission scenarios (SSP1-2.6 and SSP5-8.5).
• Provides global spatial coverage for coral reef locations.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Derived from environmental niche modelling.

Time Range

Projections from the 1990s to the 2080s.

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Global coverage of coral reef locations.