30 Nov
2007

Finally, some good news about the prospects of coral reefs in the age of climate change. As per a new study by the Wildlife Conservation Society, corals may actually survive rising ocean temperatures in tough love seas with wide-ranging temperatures. Scientists discovered that coral reefs in sites with varying seasonal temperatures are more likely to survive the hot pulses of Climate Change. On the other hand, reefs living in environments with stable but higher temperatures are more susceptible to bleaching, a global phenomenon where beneficial algae are evicted by corals, ultimately leading to the reefs demise........