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  • Coral "shuffle" helps reefs survive warmer world: study

    07/14/2007 4:16:06 PM PDT · by Daralundy · 7 replies · 306+ views
    Reuters via Yahoo ^ | Friday, July 14, 2007
    Coral "shuffle" helps reefs survive warmer world: study SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Great Barrier Reef might be able to survive warming sea temperatures, as a result of global warming, better than first thought because some coral algae are more heat tolerant, Australian scientists said. Coral geneticists from the Australian Institute of Marine Science have found that many corals store several types of algae, which can improve their capacity to cope with warmer water. "This work shatters the popular view that only a small percentage of corals have the potential to respond to warmer conditions by shuffling live-in algal partners," said...