Parental experience may help coral offspring survive climate change

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Preconditioning adult corals to increased temperature and ocean acidification resulted in offspring that may be better able to handle those future environmental stressors, a new study shows. This rapid trans-generational acclimatization may be able to 'buy time' for corals in the race against climate change....
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