Young coral use metabolic tricks to resist bleaching, research reveals

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Nov 12, 2024, 2:00 pm3.9k ptsInsanely GreatTop
Coral larvae reduce their metabolism and increase nitrogen uptake to resist bleaching at high temperatures, according to a study published November 12 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Ariana S. Huffmyer of the University of Washington, US, and colleagues.

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