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Corals Natural Sunscreen may Help them Withstand Climate Change Written by AZoCleantechJun 10 2021 Researchers at Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute are one step closer to understanding why certain corals have the ability to endure climate change better than others and the secret may lie in a particular protein that creates a natural sunscreen. A recent study by Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute scientists found that the blue-hued chromoproteins in Hawaiian blue rice coral (foreground) may make it more resilient to UV rays and climate change than corals that are brown in color (background). Image Credit: Mike Henley/Smithsonian. As their name implies, Hawaiian blue rice corals have a deep blue pigment produced by chromoprotein and removes dangerous ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun. While UV damage may have a lasting impact on reproduction in several coral species such as brown rice coral it might not have the same impact on blue rice coral.

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