{"id":276291,"date":"2023-08-29T21:11:46","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T19:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=276291"},"modified":"2023-08-29T21:11:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T19:11:50","slug":"new-studies-suggest-corals-are-rapidly-developing-tolerance-to-bleaching-heat-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=276291","title":{"rendered":"New Studies Suggest Corals Are Rapidly Developing Tolerance To Bleaching, Heat Stress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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By\u00a0Kenneth Richard<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0<\/em>28. August 2023<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Scientists report a surprising coral reef resilience to bleaching, as well as a growing 0.1\u00b0C per decade heat stress tolerance.<\/mark><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Great Barrier Reef region has reportedly warmed by 0.8\u00b0C in the last 150 years (Page et al., 2023<\/a><\/strong>). This is warming rate of about 0.05\u00b0C per decade.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scientists (Lachs et al., 2023<\/a><\/strong>) are now reporting that corals in Palau are rapidly developing an improved capacity to tolerate heat stress, with an estimated tolerance enhancement of about 0.1\u00b0C per decade. In other words, corals are quickly adapting to modern warming rates and associated heat-stress-induced bleaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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