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New Study: Coral Bleaching 'Repeatedly Occurred' Throughout The Warmer-Than-Today Mid-Holocene

New Study: Coral Bleaching ‘Repeatedly Occurred’ Throughout The Warmer-Than-Today Mid-Holocene

By on 18. January 2021

Mid-Holocene South China Sea maximum temperatures were ~3.5°C warmer (33.5°C vs. today’s 29.9°C) about 5000 yrs ago, when corals experienced an “optimum coral growth period”. There were “numerous coral bleaching episodes” even when temperatures weren’t as high, as coral bleaching is naturally occurring. Key points from a  new study (Wang et al., 2021) that throws […]

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