Referring to coral that can survive in conditions where normal coral cannot, ‘super coral’ can tolerate extreme and rapid changes in its environment. This article looks at the importance of coral reef ecosystems, their decline and how super coral species could help save them.
The Paris Agreement aims to limit further temperature rise to 0.5 °C at best and 1 °C failing that. A temperature increase of just 0.5 °C more would result in more droughts resulting in poverty, unstable weather leading to wildfires, and a threatening sea-level rise.