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Selective breeding enhances coral heat tolerance to marine heatwaves - should we breed new types of coral to survive climate change?

www.nature.com Selective breeding enhances coral heat tolerance to marine heatwaves | Nature Communications

Marine heatwaves are becoming more frequent, widespread and severe, causing mass coral bleaching and mortality. Natural adaptation may be insufficient to keep pace with climate warming, leading to calls for selective breeding interventions to enhance the ability of corals to survive such heatwa...

Selective breeding enhances coral heat tolerance to marine heatwaves | Nature Communications
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  • We both need to lower greenhouse emissions and breed these more resistant coral

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