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New Study Suggests Coral Reefs May Be Able to Adapt to Moderate Climate Change

by Gary Kopycinski on October 29, 2013

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A new modeling study shows that widespread bleaching events like this one in Thailand in 2010 will become more common in the future. However, the study also found signs corals may be adapting to warming — the question is if it can be fast enough to keep up with the rate humans are burning fossil fuels. High resolution (Credit:C. Mark Eakin/NOAA )