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Oceans warming too fast for Great Barrier Reef
2016-04-14 20:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Climate change risks disabling the protective mechanism of the world`s largest coral reef against spurts in sea temperature, according to a study. Bouts of gradual warming have spurred parts of the Great Barrier Reef to build heat tolerance, limiting the severity of bleaching and preventing die-offs. But more sudden increases in temperature seen by future scenarios were likely to skip this practice run, the study published in journal Science on Thursday said. Heat-stress causes coral to...
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