Coral adaptation unlikely to keep up with global warming

29 Nov 2024
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Thermally sensitive corymbose Acropora corals was the focal coral taxon for this study. Image: Dr Liam Lachs.

Coral adaptation to global warming will likely be overwhelmed without rapid reductions in global greenhouse gasses, according to an international team of scientists.

Professor Peter Mumby from The University of Queensland’s School of the Environment worked with Dr Liam Lachs from Newcastle University’s Coralassist Lab in the United Kingdom to model the consequences of different scenarios of global development and fossil fuel usage on coral populations.

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