New Research Indicates Some Corals Are Taking the Heat and Surviving
New Research Indicates Some Corals Are Taking the Heat and Surviving
Image courtesy of gruntzooki via flickrAs oceans become more acidic, corals - subject to the pressures of a low pH environment - will continue their long, inevitable downward spiral into oblivion: That has been - and remains - the general consensus among the scientific community. A team of Australian researchers may have found the first known exception to this rule; a recent Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) field expedition revealed the existence of a coral community near Miall Island on the southern Great Bar…