Can Coral Reefs Survive Climate Change?

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References/Links:
Coral/Zooxanthellae symbiosis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooxant...
Global coral bleaching event is underway in 2015: http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2...
Learn more about the effects and extent of coral bleaching: http://www.globalcoralbleaching.org/
Could we ever lose all our corals? http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.c...
Coral reef ecosystem species density: http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-...
Oceans absorb half of global CO2: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/ne...
Oceans absorb 90% of excess heat: http://e360.yale.edu/feature/how_long...
Extent of coral loss: http://wwf.panda.org/about_our_earth/...

Coral reef accelerated evolution:
van Oppen, Madeleine JH, et al. "Building coral reef resilience through assisted evolution." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112.8 (2015): 2307-2313. http://www.pnas.org/content/112/8/230...

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