Parental experience may help coral offspring survive climate change

Preconditioning adult corals to increased temperature and ocean acidification resulted in offspring that may be better able to handle those future environmental stressors, a new study shows. This rapid trans-generational acclimatization may be able to 'buy time' for corals in the race against climate change.

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