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Coral reefs can adapt in response to mild marine heatwaves

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27 October 2022

A team of scientists from James Cook University (JCU) and the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) have found that some coral species can adapt to increasing temperatures that cause bleaching, but only when marine heat wave events remain mild.&nb

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