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Climate crisis drives Mediterranean coral populations to collapse

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Phys.org

Publication Date
2022-01-19

A new study led by teams of the Faculty of Biology, the Biodiversity Research Institute (IRBio) of the University of Barcelona, and the Institute of Marine Sciences (ICM-CSIC) of Barcelona has revealed that marine heatwaves associated with the climate crisis are bringing down the populations of coral in the Mediterranean, the biomass of which in some cases has been reduced by 80 to 90%

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https://phys.org/news/2022-01-climate-crisis-mediterranean-coral-populations.html