Yet again we are reminded that temperatures are rising. Nothing on our dear planet will be spared, and that include the strange little organisms we call coral. Today’s episode talks about the effects that rising ocean temperatures have on the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia.

Spoiler: It doesn’t help anything.

Reference:

Hughes, Terry P. et al. "Global Warming Transforms Coral Reef Assemblages". Nature, vol 556, no. 7702, 2018, pp. 492-496. Springer Nature, doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0041-2.

Host: Nick Zelt