‘Incredible’: bleached corals thrive within days when touching healthy neighbour. A coral fragment can form a tissue bridge with a dying counterpart — and provide it with crucial microalgae. Rising sea temperatures are stressing corals, causing the animals to expel their symbiotic algae.

‘Incredible’: bleached corals thrive within days when touching healthy neighbour. A coral fragment can form a tissue bridge with a dying counterpart — and provide it with crucial microalgae. Rising sea temperatures are stressing corals, causing the animals to expel their symbiotic algae.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03266-x?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=nature&linkId=64139302

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