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Mongabay (mongabay@mastodon.green)'s status on Saturday, 21-Sep-2024 01:28:53 JST Mongabay

In 2023, the Caribbean Sea experienced unprecedented heat. This brought the worst coral bleaching event in the Caribbean’s recorded history.
A new study found that certain species of coral propagated in the lab and then outplanted to restore reefs in five countries showed few signs of bleaching despite the prolonged marine heat wave, faring better than wild corals or corals propagated from fragments.
By Caitlin Cooper
https://news.mongabay.com/2024/09/lab-grown-corals-resisted-bleaching-during-caribbeans-worst-marine-heat-wave/
#News #Conservation #Environment #Oceans #Corals
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1. Lab-grown corals resisted bleaching during Caribbean’s worst marine heat wave
  
  from Rebecca Kessler
  
  In mid-2023, the Caribbean Sea simmered as air temperatures soared, marking the hottest days ever recorded in Puerto Rico and Barbados. Beginning in March, sea surface temperatures throughout the region ranged between 1° and 3° Celsius warmer than normal (1.8°-5.4° Fahrenheit). This unprecedented heat brought on the worst coral bleaching event in the Caribbean’s history: […]

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