{"id":412503,"date":"2025-11-10T10:33:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T09:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=412503"},"modified":"2025-11-10T10:33:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T09:33:14","slug":"scientists-surprised-that-200-year-old-corals-are-adapting-to-climate-change-just-fine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=412503","title":{"rendered":"Scientists \u201csurprised\u201d that 200-year-old corals are adapting to climate change just fine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-jetpack-videopress jetpack-videopress-player\" style=\"\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"jetpack-videopress-player__wrapper\"> <div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"VideoPress Video Player\" aria-label='VideoPress Video Player' width='723' height='467' src='https:\/\/videopress.com\/embed\/0un4OYMv?cover=1&amp;autoPlay=1&amp;controls=1&amp;loop=1&amp;muted=0&amp;persistVolume=1&amp;playsinline=1&amp;preloadContent=metadata&amp;useAverageColor=1&amp;hd=0' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen data-resize-to-parent=\"true\" allow='clipboard-write'><\/iframe><script src='https:\/\/v0.wordpress.com\/js\/next\/videopress-iframe.js?m=1739540970'><\/script><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/2025\/11\/09\/scientists-surprised-that-200-year-old-corals-are-adapting-to-climate-change-just-fine\/\">CFACT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/author\/cap-joanne-nova\/\">Joanne Nova<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"482\" data-attachment-id=\"412505\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=412505\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0like-polar-bears-coral-reefs-are-doing-fine.jpg?fit=847%2C565&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"847,565\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.7&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Daniel Lamborn&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 550D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;The Pristine and Colorful Coral Reefs of Komodo, Indonesia&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1436181268&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0055555555555556&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Komodo Coral Reef&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Komodo Coral Reef\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Pristine and Colorful Coral Reefs of Komodo, Indonesia&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0like-polar-bears-coral-reefs-are-doing-fine.jpg?fit=723%2C482&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0like-polar-bears-coral-reefs-are-doing-fine.jpg?resize=723%2C482&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Underwater scene featuring vibrant coral reefs and marine life, including two large fish swimming near a green coral formation.\" class=\"wp-image-412505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0like-polar-bears-coral-reefs-are-doing-fine.jpg?w=847&amp;ssl=1 847w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0like-polar-bears-coral-reefs-are-doing-fine.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/0like-polar-bears-coral-reefs-are-doing-fine.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Pristine and Colorful Coral Reefs of Komodo, Indonesia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everyone was sure that corals would be degraded by our \u201cincreasingly acidic oceans\u201d (a political-activist-term for \u201cslightly less alkaline\u201d). But when a team took cores from<a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/sciadv.adr0264\">&nbsp;200 year old corals in the ocean<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 instead of studying them for a few months in a laboratory \u2014 they discovered some corals have adjusted to the pace of \u201cacidification\u201d much more effectively than anyone thought. The corals actively manage the chemistry of the thin layer of fluid next to the skeleton as the ocean chemistry shifts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Who would have thought that corals would have the ability to cope with rapid changes in the climate?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the last 4 million years, corals have only survived 90 or more ice-age cycles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"219\" data-attachment-id=\"412506\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=412506\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-185.png?fit=800%2C242&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,242\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-185.png?fit=723%2C219&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-185.png?resize=723%2C219&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Graph showing climate change data over five million years, illustrating equivalent Vostok temperature changes and sediment core analysis.\" class=\"wp-image-412506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-185.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-185.png?resize=300%2C91&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-185.png?resize=768%2C232&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">L. E. Lisiecki and M. E. Raymo (2005)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If only someone had thought to test actual corals at sea before they spent twenty years scaring little children at school?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tallbloke.wordpress.com\/2025\/11\/02\/scientists-baffled-by-climate-resilience-of-older-coral-an-unexpected-signal\/\">Thanks to Oldbrew at Tallboke\u2019s<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>From the&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.colorado.edu\/today\/2025\/09\/30\/corals-might-be-adapting-climate-change\"><strong>Press Release:<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>Corals are<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>\u201cMore resilient than previously thought\u201d<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Corals, the foundation of ocean biodiversity, are threatened by climate change. But new research suggests that these organisms might be more resilient than previously thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.science.org\/doi\/10.1126\/sciadv.adr0264\">study<\/a>&nbsp;published August 27 in Science Advances, a CU Boulder researcher showed that despite a gradual increase in ocean acidity levels over the past 200 years, some corals seem to be able to adjust and continue to generate their hard, stony skeleton structures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While it remains unclear how the corals adapted to the changing environment, Hankins said the secret might lie in their calcifying fluid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt could be that the processes corals use to modify and regulate their calcifying fluid are more complex than we\u2019ve been able to constrain previously,\u201d said Hankins. \u201cMore studies are needed to determine if different species, or if the same species in a different location, have similar responses,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ocean absorbs about 30% of carbon dioxide emissions from human activities. As more CO<sub>2&nbsp;<\/sub>dissolves in the ocean, the seawater undergoes a chemical reaction that makes the ocean surface more acidic. Previous studies suggest that ocean acidity has increased by 40% since the Industrial Revolution and is likely to rise further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Corals use aragonite, or calcium carbonate to build their skeleton. It turns out that pH of the water is so important that corals don\u2019t leave it up to chance but manage the right pH in the calcifying fluid around the skeleton. Corals build their skeleton in a microscopic compartment between the coral\u2019s tissue and the skeleton. The area is only micrometers thick, and they use proton pumps to get rid of H+ molecules and control the pH themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the graph below, in part A we can see that the aragonite in the calcifying fluid (\u03a9cf) has been increasing since about 1840 in the oldest coral. In B the aragonite in the seawater starts to fall rapidly from about 1970 onwards, which ought to \u201cchange everything\u201d.&nbsp; However, in D, despite all that, the annual calcification rate stays remarkably similar.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"667\" data-attachment-id=\"412509\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=412509\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-187.png?fit=600%2C667&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,667\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-187.png?fit=600%2C667&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-187.png?resize=600%2C667&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Graph showing changes in aragonite saturation and temperature, with data from the Coral Sea and Yonge Reef over time. Includes trends for calcification rates, linear extension, and density of corals.\" class=\"wp-image-412509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-187.png?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-187.png?resize=270%2C300&amp;ssl=1 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Fig. 2. Multidecadal time series of coral growth parameters and seawater conditions.<br>Coral Sea (blue) and Yonge Reef (red) core (<strong>A<\/strong>) calcifying fluid \u03a9<sub>Ar<\/sub>\u00a0(\u03a9<sub>cf<\/sub>), (<strong>B<\/strong>) seawater \u03a9<sub>Ar<\/sub>\u00a0(\u03a9<sub>sw<\/sub>), (<strong>C<\/strong>)\u00a0<strong>sea surface temperature<\/strong>, (<strong>D<\/strong>)<strong>\u00a0annual calcification rate<\/strong>, (<strong>E<\/strong>) linear extension (i.e., annual vertical growth), and (<strong>F<\/strong>)\u00a0<strong>skeletal density<\/strong>. In each panel, monthly (for \u03a9<sub>cf<\/sub>) or annual (all other parameters) data are plotted along with linear regression trendlines. Significant (<em>P<\/em>\u00a0value &lt;0.05) trends are plotted as solid lines, and nonsignificant trends are plotted as dashed lines. Shading in (A) indicates \u00b11 standard error of the mean among three replicate down-core sampling transects. The \u03a9<sub>cf<\/sub>\u00a0data were treated with change-point analysis, hence the two trendlines per coral record (see Materials and Methods).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just because one study in one type of coral shows that corals may be more resilient than thought doesn\u2019t mean the whole Great Barrier Reef will be fine. But it does show that the experts have been talking out of their hats, whipping up dramas they really didn\u2019t understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">REFERENCES<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jessica Hankins and Thomas M Decarlo (2025) Multidecadal decoupling between coral calcifying fluid and seawater saturation states, Science Advances, 27 Aug 2025 Vol 11,&nbsp;Issue 35&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1126\/sciadv.adr0264\">DOI: 10.1126\/sciadv.adr0264<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">L. E. Lisiecki and M. E. 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The corals actively manage the chemistry of the thin layer of fluid next to the skeleton as the ocean chemistry shifts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":412520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"Discover how 200-year-old corals are unexpectedly adapting to climate change challenges, revealing surprising resilience in ocean biodiversity.","jetpack_seo_html_title":"Corals Thrive Amid Climate Change: Surprising Adaptations Found","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691839429,691835768,691839430,691829997,691818056,691821787],"class_list":["post-412503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-200-year-old-corals","tag-aragonite","tag-acidification-2","tag-carbon-dioxide-co","tag-climate-change","tag-corals","fallback-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AQMrdP4yvMdDHX0npkcnQ5L9BFjfZ80FJyB5jUgHelQb6Utlm_lSaqFQuqPWuemnUqYEJ-6cXBZ8PyCiOYfYLYS6wM3tfL4-mXrsCGKfMbC1jPbhTBBctfTrjqLOTTRiIDeESHTtxT0_0G9FJdE97fs3mWpC2g.jpeg?fit=1280%2C1280&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-1Jjh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":446983,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=446983","url_meta":{"origin":412503,"position":0},"title":"Ocean &#8220;Acidification&#8221; &#8212; Another Fake Scare That Won&#8217;t Go Away","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"05\/28\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Dammed, doesn\u00b4t matter if the pH is 8.12 or 8.04. 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The article claims that over 70 percent of reefs\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"Climate models\"","block_context":{"text":"Climate models","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=climate-models"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AQM9lmVwAspz4hqsCH9Nem4sos3yJ0KcrwonR4iw7rJ_a9m_7SuGNKM3rcxFboAzqy1NqoJ29cZeNHzVL3qZqT_jwEAJP9x8NxD0fPlbWuLSQyIF_6UG1KKTwOcGtiLYOmKWgyfHmuAJ9mg-xByTEaUNJyWiJw.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AQM9lmVwAspz4hqsCH9Nem4sos3yJ0KcrwonR4iw7rJ_a9m_7SuGNKM3rcxFboAzqy1NqoJ29cZeNHzVL3qZqT_jwEAJP9x8NxD0fPlbWuLSQyIF_6UG1KKTwOcGtiLYOmKWgyfHmuAJ9mg-xByTEaUNJyWiJw.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AQM9lmVwAspz4hqsCH9Nem4sos3yJ0KcrwonR4iw7rJ_a9m_7SuGNKM3rcxFboAzqy1NqoJ29cZeNHzVL3qZqT_jwEAJP9x8NxD0fPlbWuLSQyIF_6UG1KKTwOcGtiLYOmKWgyfHmuAJ9mg-xByTEaUNJyWiJw.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AQM9lmVwAspz4hqsCH9Nem4sos3yJ0KcrwonR4iw7rJ_a9m_7SuGNKM3rcxFboAzqy1NqoJ29cZeNHzVL3qZqT_jwEAJP9x8NxD0fPlbWuLSQyIF_6UG1KKTwOcGtiLYOmKWgyfHmuAJ9mg-xByTEaUNJyWiJw.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AQM9lmVwAspz4hqsCH9Nem4sos3yJ0KcrwonR4iw7rJ_a9m_7SuGNKM3rcxFboAzqy1NqoJ29cZeNHzVL3qZqT_jwEAJP9x8NxD0fPlbWuLSQyIF_6UG1KKTwOcGtiLYOmKWgyfHmuAJ9mg-xByTEaUNJyWiJw.jpeg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":426808,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=426808","url_meta":{"origin":412503,"position":2},"title":"BBC Admit Great Barrier Reef Report Was \u201cMisleading\u201d","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"02\/17\/2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The BBC article \"Great Barrier Reef suffers worst coral decline on record,\" was published on August 6, 2025 (with some sources listing August 5). It reports on findings from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) annual monitoring survey of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). 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Sterling Burnett A thriving coral reef. ABC News ran an Associated Press (AP) story titled, \u201cClimate change is hurting coral worldwide. But these reefs are thriving.\u201d The article is misleading in at least three ways: first coral reefs are not in decline all over the globe as the AP\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"ABC News\"","block_context":{"text":"ABC News","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=abc-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0GettyImages-521652072-5bb274e046e0fb00261cc14c.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0GettyImages-521652072-5bb274e046e0fb00261cc14c.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0GettyImages-521652072-5bb274e046e0fb00261cc14c.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0GettyImages-521652072-5bb274e046e0fb00261cc14c.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0GettyImages-521652072-5bb274e046e0fb00261cc14c.jpg?fit=1200%2C800&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":275209,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=275209","url_meta":{"origin":412503,"position":5},"title":"Pacific coral reef shows historic increase in thermal\u00a0tolerance","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"08\/23\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Corals can adapt to changing conditions, once again confounding the serial climate doom-mongers. The full article tries to link in references to \u2018carbon emissions\u2019, \u2018climate change\u2019 etc. which have no definable reference to the actual findings. The point is, nature can be adaptable, contrary to some alarmist expectations.","rel":"","context":"In \"bleaching impacts\"","block_context":{"text":"bleaching impacts","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=bleaching-impacts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/0PalmyraAtoll_USFWS_web.jpg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/0PalmyraAtoll_USFWS_web.jpg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/0PalmyraAtoll_USFWS_web.jpg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/0PalmyraAtoll_USFWS_web.jpg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/0PalmyraAtoll_USFWS_web.jpg?fit=1200%2C798&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/121246920"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=412503"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412503\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":412521,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412503\/revisions\/412521"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/412520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=412503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=412503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=412503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}