Local Interventions Boost Coral's Resilience to Bleaching

Corals fared better after researchers picked off some snails.

Local conservation actions can significantly boost coral's resilience to, and recovery from, climate-induced thermal bleaching by reducing other energy-sapping stresses the coral faces, a new study finds.  Scientists found they could reduce the extent of bleaching by half if they removed or reduced populations of coral-eating snails from affected reefs.  The coral's recovery from bleaching was also enhanced.

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