**5. Conclusions**

*Drought - Detection and Solutions*

dramatic impact of climate change on the health of coral reefs has been observed in recent decades due to the increase in ocean acidification and especially due to increase in frequency and intensity of extreme ocean temperatures which led to severe coral bleaching events and impacts on marine life [24]. Disseminating early warnings

*Seasonal prediction of sea surface temperature in the Pacific for January–March 2019 based on outputs of POAMA retrieved through the Pacific Seasonal Prediction Portal—WMO GPC LRF Pacific Seasonal* 

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**Figure 12.**

**Figure 11.**

*Prediction.*

*Seasonal prediction of sea surface temperatures around Kiribati based on outputs of POAMA retrieved through* 

*the Pacific Seasonal Prediction Portal—extreme ocean temperatures and coral bleaching.*

Climate monitoring combined with skilful subseasonal-to-seasonal climate prediction enables NMHS to provide their governments, industry sectors and local communities with accurate information to assist in their decisions around how to adapt to climate variability and change. CREWS-PNG will contribute significantly to enhance EWS in PNG, and it is envisaged that cutting edge weather and climate monitoring and prediction products developed for PNG under this project could be expanded to include NMHS across the Asia-Pacific region. The result would be a significant advance for climate services provided by meteorological agencies of LDCs and SIDS in the region.
