<p><strong>A Single-Celled Microbe is Helping Corals Survive Climate Change, Study Finds</strong></p>
<p><em>New research highlights the role of microorganisms in protecting corals from heat-stress</em></p>
<p>Researchers discovered for the first time a single-celled microbe that can help corals survive ocean-warming events like bleaching. The new study, led by scientists at the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science and the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE: CSIC-UPF) in Barcelona, offers new information on the role microbes might play in helping corals withstand end-of-century warming projections.</p>
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Species known as marine habitat-forming species gorgonians, corals, algae, seaweeds, marine phanerogams, etc. are organisms that help generate and structure the underwater landscapes. These are natural refuges for other species, and provide biomass and complexity to the seabeds. But these key species in marine ecosystems are currently threatened by climate change and other perturbations derived from human activity. Now, a study warns that even in the marine protected areas (MPAs) the genetic diversity of structural species is not protected, although it is essential for the response and adaptation of populations to changes that alter the natural environment.
The study warns that even in marine protected areas, the genetic diversity of marine habitat-forming species such as corals, gorgonians and macroalgae is not protected.
Species known as marine. | May 25, 2023