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Some corals are better at handling the heat
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Coral Resilience Amid #ClimateChange #MarineBiodiversity Key Takeaways:
- Some corals can withstand higher temperatures, showing resilience.
- Rapid global warming outpaces natural selection for coral resilience.
- Human activity is the main factor accelerating global temperatures.
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Coral Threat: Coral reefs, hosting a quarter of marine species, are endangered by rising water temperatures causing bleaching.
Resilience Variability: Corals in the Red Sea exhibit higher temperature tolerance due to millennia of adaptation, highlighting resilience variability.
Human Impact: The accelerated pace of global warming due to human activity challenges the natural resilience-building process of corals.
Closing Thoughts: Considering the resilience of some coral species, what innovative conservation strategies can we develop to mitigate the impact of rapid climate change on marine biodiversity?