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Red Sea coral reefs keep thriving despite global warming

Red Sea coral reefs keep thriving despite global warming

As warming waters devastate coral around the world, the sea’s stunningly colorful reefs have been remarkably resilient. But pollution, mass tourism and overfishing put them at risk.
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As reefs die from climate change, a coral gardener in Asia draws a following

After working in obscurity for decades, Anuar Abdullah is emerging as an increasingly influential, somewhat unlikely expert on how to revive the world's coral reefs.
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Some corals can be conditioned to tolerate heat, study finds

Some corals can be conditioned to tolerate heat, study finds

Corals subjected to a stressful regime of exceptionally warm water in the laboratory came to be more tolerant of high temperatures, according to new research that offers another possible tool for preserving ailing coral reefs.

Why scientists are 'weeding' coral reefs

Why scientists are 'weeding' coral reefs

Climate change is threatening the world’s corals, but removing seaweed—like weeding a garden—can give some reefs a boost.

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Why our coral reefs need hope

With coral reefs dying due to climate change, pollution, and destructive fishing, we stand to lose some of the most important habitats on the planet. But help is coming, and with that help comes hope.
The world’s coral reefs are dying—here’s how scientists plan to save them

The world’s coral reefs are dying—here’s how scientists plan to save them

Without these interventions, scientists say the Earth’s coral reefs as we know them could disappear before the next century.
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