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What challenges have you experienced when growing coral?
Ocean temperatures around the globe are warming up and as a result, corals are dying because they can't handle the heat.
Coral researchers at the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science are studying how stressors affect corals. Their theory is that by stressing the corals with something like a higher light intensity, the corals' tolerance to other stressors such as temperature will increase.
Another aspect of their study is to introduce corals to native, more heat tolerant zooxanthellae. Since corals work in partnership, it makes sense for them to both to be heat tolerant.
Make sure you watch the full video by Richard Back at Afishionado Channel here:
https://youtu.be/E5RRIjHMSS8
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