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Published online 11 August 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040809-8
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Reefs get global warming lifeline
Certain algae can allow coral to withstand high temperatures.
Coral may be able to adapt to increased sea temperatures more easily than experts had thought. The finding allows cautious hope that the world's reefs will escape devastation at the hands of global warming.
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