James Cook University Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:36:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Corals Deeply Affected by Increasing Atmospheric CO2, Scientists Say https://www.greenoptimistic.com/corals-co2-20120412/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/corals-co2-20120412/#respond Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:36:41 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=23977 The increasing CO2 concentration in air is having a profound impact on corals in the most unforeseen ways. It had been previously thought that CO2 would affect the calcium structure of the coral skeleton, but an international team of researchers proved something that’s deeper: CO2 affects the very core of the corals: their genes. “Every […]

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