Corals May Adapt to Moderate but Not Severe Climate Change, Genomic Model Suggests (4 of 6) (IMAGE)

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Corals May Adapt to Moderate but Not Severe Climate Change, Genomic Model Suggests (4 of 6)

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Acropora hyacinthus found in Rarotonga, an island in the Cook Islands. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the 01 November 2017, issue of Science Advances, published by AAAS. The paper, by R.A. Bay at Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University in Pacific Grove, CA, and colleagues was titled, "Genomic models predict successful coral adaptation if future ocean warming rates are reduced."

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[Credit: Rachael Bay]

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