Climate Home: Climate change risks disabling the protective mechanism of the world`s largest coral reef against spurts in sea temperature, according to a study.
Bouts of gradual warming have spurred parts of the Great Barrier Reef to build heat tolerance, limiting the severity of bleaching and preventing die-offs.
But more sudden increases in temperature seen by future scenarios were likely to skip this practice run, the study published in journal Science on Thursday said.
Heat-stress causes coral to...