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Can cold-water corals survive climate change?

July 21, 2017

Most people know of corals along coastlines - but there are also beautiful corals growing in deeper waters. Researchers at the GEOMAR Institute in Kiel, Germany, are running tests to see how these corals react to warmer and more acidic waters. Results are mixed.

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