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Categories: Ecology: Research, Geoscience: Oceanography
Ecology: General Ecology: Research Environmental: Ecosystems
Published Palau's Rock Islands harbor heat-resistant corals
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Published Palau's Rock Islands harbor heat-resistant corals
(via sciencedaily.com) Original source Ocean warming is driving an increase in the frequency and severity of marine heatwaves, causing untold damage to coral reefs. Tropical corals, which live in symbiosis with tiny single celled algae, are sensitive to high temperatures, and exhibit a stress response called bleaching when the ocean gets too hot. In the last 4 decades, marine heatwaves have caused widespread bleaching, and killed millions of corals. Because of this, a global search is underway for reefs that can withstand the heat stress, survive future warming, and act as sources of heat-tolerant coral larvae to replenish affected areas both naturally and through restoration.