Global Warming Responsible For Coral Shrinking Around Equator

redOrbit: As the clamoring for a more comprehensive strategy to battle climate change continues, scientists are producing more and more research that suggests incremental changes in global temperature can have a massive effect on ecosystems. A new study from a team of Australian and German researchers showed that when sea surface temperatures increased by about 0.7 degrees Celsius during the last interglacial warm period, the Earth's equatorial regions saw a sharp decline in coral diversity. "When the...

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