Scientists develop 'heat resistant' coral to fight bleaching
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Corals with high heat tolerance can reduce the impact of reef bleaching from marine heatwaves, which is quite common amid climate change. Now researchers in Australia have made the coral more tolerant of temperature-induced bleaching by increasing the heat tolerance of its microalgal symbionts, tiny cells of algae live inside the coral tissue. Corals are currently under increasing pressure as water temperature rise.