By Connor Yeck
Plunge into the shallows off the Florida Keys, Hawai’i or the Great Barrier Reef in Australia and you are likely to meet a startling sight.
Where there were once acres of dazzling coral – an underwater world of dayglo greens, brassy yellows and midnight blues – is now a ghostly landscape, with many reefs seemingly drained of their pigment.
Caused by stressful conditions like warming ocean temperatures, coral bleaching is a leading threat to some of our planet’s most diverse and vital ecosystems. [Read more…] about New study reveals how corals teach their offspring to beat the heat