Are corals genetically equipped to survive climate change? – AlKhaleej Today

IMAGE: This research showed that the ancestors of Acropora corals differed from other corals about 120 million years ago, and the Acropora genus gained 28 additional gene families before being considered MoreCredit: This number appears in the publication in Molecular Biology and Evolution.
In 1998, sea temperatures rose and the world saw its first major coral bleaching event. From the Great Barrier Reef to Indonesia to Central America, the corals turned white and spooky. Many of them died. And …

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