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Corals adapt to cope with global warming
New York City - Global warming does not spell imminent doom for the world's coral reefs. Corals may be able to survive the higher temperatures by forming new symbiotic relationships with algae that can take the heat, suggests new research.
Since the 1980s, reefs around the world have been devastated by bleaching, where temperature increases of just 1°C above the long-term average can cause coral animals to expel the photosynthetic algae that keep them supplied with nutrients.