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Darwin in a lab: Coral evolution tweaked for global warming

Scientists are trying to speed up coral’s evolutionary clock to breed “super corals” that can better withstand the impacts of global warming.

Super corals can handle acid, heat and suffocation
cosmosmagazine.com

Super corals can handle acid, heat and suffocation

Widely publicised marine heatwaves aren't the only threat corals are facing: the seas are increasingly acidic, have less oxygen in them, and are gradually warming as a whole.

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