Finding millennia-old ‘monumental’ corals could unlock secrets of climate resilience

by Philippa Kaur 7 May 2024, 00:00 189 Views

Large, ancient ‘monumental’ trees are important ambassadors for nature conservation. Besides their symbolic value, they have overcome more ecological challenges than most of their younger relatives, and so might hide evolutionary secrets to mitigate the impacts of climate change (O. Pasques and S. Munné-Bosch Proc. Natl Acad. Sci. USA 121, e2317866121; 2024).

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Source: Ecology - nature.com

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Finding millennia-old ‘monumental’ corals could unlock secrets of climate resilience

Competing Interests

William Green named director of MIT Energy Initiative

Two MIT PhD students awarded J-WAFS fellowships for their research on water

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