Coral Climate Absurdity: Spending Millions Breeding Heat Tolerance Which Already Exists in Nature
1 hour ago Eric Worrall
Essay by Eric Worrall
Persian Gulf extremophile corals can tolerate temperatures far higher – and lower – than open ocean corals. But we totally have to spend millions breeding new corals which can replicate this feat.
Scientists hope planting Palau’s ‘super corals’ will save reefs from climate change
By Hugo Hodge
Sat 6 Sep
Palau’s idyllic waters hide an experiment that scientists hope will save the world’s reefs from climate change-induced collapse.
At an outer reef, ceramic cribs are holding thousands of baby corals growing underwater.
They’re “super corals”, selectively bred to survive hotter ocean temperatures.
And they’re providing hope in global efforts to stop marine heatwaves from wiping out reefs.
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“Hopefully they’ll be able to grow and we’ll be able to tell if they’re able to withstand the next coral bleaching event here in Palau,” Lauren Piot, a French-American researcher at the Palau International Coral Reef Centre (PICRC), says.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2025/09/07/coral-climate-absurdity-spending-millions-breeding-heat-tolerance-which-already-exists-in-nature/
