Photo Credit: ECORD/IODP via Live Science In an instance where drilling into the Great Barrier Reef is a good thing, scientists are pulling core samples of ancient coral to unravel how sea level changes have impacted corals in the past, and perhaps help predict what can happen to them in the future as they struggle with relatively rapid shifts in their marine environments. The corals they’re studying lived about 20,000 years ago when the planet was about 9 degrees F cooler than present temperatures, and their grow… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Scientists Drill into Ancient Coral Reefs To Find Secrets About Surviving Rising Seas
