Coral after an episode of bleaching
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Coral reefs may be more capable of adapting to hotter and more acidic oceans than we thought, raising hopes that efforts to slash our greenhouse gas emissions and restore reefs stand a chance of preserving these biodiverse ecosystems.
“These results provide us with a possible pathway forward, but it depends entirely on what we decide to do about climate change and what we decide to do about local stressors,” says Chris Jury at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa.
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