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Good news reefs: How corals survive a heating planet

2015-06-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Christian Science Monitor: As concern grows over the threat coral reefs face from pollution, destructive fishing practices, and especially climate change and ocean acidification, a research team has found that heat-tolerant corals pass along that tolerance to corals adapted to cooler waters. One of the key questions regarding heat tolerance is the extent to which it is genetically inherited or whether the corals build an ability to endure heat stress through repeated exposure, a process analogous to hardening tomato plants....

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