Reposted by Anthropocene Citizen
Good news! Possible coral bleaching recovery through symbiont transfer from healthy (and same genet) corals. Yes, we still need to prevent mass bleaching events (and we seem to be going backwards 🤬) but this brings some hope that reefs can be revived 🧪
science.org
Rapid coral bleaching recovery via symbiont transfer from healthy corals
Coral bleaching, the temperature-induced loss of dinoflagellate symbionts, is a major driver of global coral reef decline. Although corals can regain symbionts through repopulation of residual symbion...