Climate change: Could Red Sea corals save the world’s reefs?

By: Alexis BARBIER-BOUVET | Frédéric CAPRON | Thomas WATERHOUSE 1 min

Could Red Sea corals save the world’s reefs? While most corals are very heat-sensitive, languishing if water temperatures rise by as little as 2 degrees Celsius, Red Sea specimens appear to be adapted to a warmer, more salty environment. And these are precisely the conditions that await our oceans as a result of climate change.