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3:00 PM MYT In this underwater photo taken in August, a diver swims over corals off Koh Tao island in the Gulf of Thailand. — AFP Some corals can recover from bleaching even in long heatwaves as long as humans don’t interfere, scientists said recently, raising hopes for the endangered underwater ecosystems essential to much marine life. Researchers tracked corals of the Kiritimati atoll in the Pacific Ocean through the longest tropical heatwave on record, expecting the reefs to suffer mass bleaching. But despite sitting in a “hot water bath” for 10 months due to a particularly strong ...

But UVic scientists have discovered that some corals can survive prolonged heat waves, particularly if they don’t face other human-caused stressors, such as water pollution and bacteria. It’s the first time corals have been observed recovering from bleaching while a heat wave persists. Julia Baum, a UVic marine biologist and the study’s senior author, called the discovery “a game changer.” “This provides a little bit of good news that corals, or at least some types of corals, may be able to survive under heat stress for longer than we thought,” Baum said. Heat stress usually cau...

Some corals managed to survive a recent and globally unprecedented heatwave, according to new research. Coral reefs serve important ecological functions, from providing habitat for countless species to protecting shorelines from erosion. Reef-dependent fisheries are also a vital source of food and income for hundreds of millions of people in tropical island nations where coral reefs are valued at $6.8 billion annually. “Although this pathway to survival may not be open to all corals or in all conditions, it demonstrates an innovative strategy for survival…” The pressing concerns of clim...

December 17, 2020 Climate Change Weekly #382 It’s a sorry state of affairs when the mainstream media repeatedly reiterate false claims, as it has done in recent months concerning the purported harmful effects of supposed human-caused climate change. Among the media’s worst sins in this regard is the false claim that climate change is harming peoples’ health. Environmental extremists claim, for example, climate change is increasing the incidence and spread of diseases such as COVID-19, as the Los Angeles Times and Phys.org wrote earlier in 2020, and is increasing the number of people s...

Coral Recovery Following Prolonged Heatwaves UVic marine biologist Julia Baum sampling Platygyra colonies on Kiritimati (Christmas Island), 2019. Image Credit: Kristina Tietjen. Coral reefs could bounce back from bleaching caused by soaring temperatures new research suggests, but only in the right conditions. Coral reefs have provided researchers with some hope that at least one element of nature could ‘bounce back’ from soaring temperatures and a global heatwave induced by climate change  —  but, only with a very specific plan of action in place. Biologists from the University of V...