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Growing corals bathe themselves in acid w/out suffering damage
2015-11-12 17:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: Acidic water may be a sign of healthy corals, says a new study, muddying the waters still further on our understanding of how coral reefs might react to climate change. Andreas Andersson of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego, California, and his colleagues carefully monitored a coral reef in Bermuda for five years, and found that spikes in acidity were linked to increased reef growth. "At first we were really puzzled by this," says Andersson. "It`s completely the opposite...
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