Scientists and reef managers are calling for ‘assisted evolution’ to help accelerate coral reef adaptation in the face of global warming.
- Postdoctoral Research Associate in Climate Change Ecology and Evolution, Newcastle University
Natural selection won’t keep pace with global warming if the Paris climate agreement isn’t realised.
Improvements in heat tolerance remain modest compared to future heatwaves.
This may buy us time, but many reefs are still doomed without serious action on climate change.
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