Re:Some corals regrow after 'fatal' warming
by eloff on Thursday October 10, 2019 @09:12AM
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Nevermind 65 million years ago, corals survived 400 ft of comparatively rapid sea level rise at the end of the last glacial period 11000 years ago. All the existing reefs drowned. They're hardier than we give them credit for.
They're in trouble again thanks to us, but now they also have us to help. We can plant reefs and engineer heat resistant breeds of coral.
Re:Some corals regrow after 'fatal' warming
by eloff on Thursday October 10, 2019 @10:38AM
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Corals don't live at those depths, not "regular" corals anyway. They need to be close enough to the surface for the sunlight to feed the symbiotic organisms on which they depend.
They're in trouble again thanks to us, but now they also have us to help. We can plant reefs and engineer heat resistant breeds of coral.