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Coral Rebounded From Hostile Climate Millenniums Ago, Study Suggests


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Author: Nicholas Bakalar

Source: New York Times

July 5, 2012

"Increasing sea temperatures caused by global warming are harming coral reefs, but a new study suggests this is not the first time it has happened.

Researchers took core samples from reefs off the coast of Panama, estimating their age at different levels using radiocarbon dating and other methods. They found that the reefs stopped growing about 4,000 years ago and did not recover for 2,500 years.

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