Coral selections offer hope for heat-stressed coral reefs

Coral selections offer hope for heat-stressed coral reefs

As marine ecosystems reel from the impact of rising ocean temperatures, international researchers have achieved a breakthrough: corals with boosted heat tolerance, bred for survival in a warming world. Using the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo Reef—Australia’s largest fringing coral reef spanning 300 kilometres off the country’s north-west coast—as their research base, the team found that selectively bred coral offspring with at least one parent …