"There are several examples of such large multi-national networks of protected areas on land, and we need to make similar efforts in the ocean," Florida Tech's Shlesinger said.
The paper reports that recent studies have identified several areas of potential climate-change refuges, including northwestern Indonesia, the central Philippines, Malaysia, French Polynesia, the northern Red Sea, Hawaii, Cuba and the Bahamas. He added,"Innovative, interdisciplinary solutions and novel molecular methods will help resolve responses to thermal stress and, therefore, can improve the identification of corals best suited forDespite the global decline trajectory of coral reefs and mass bleaching and mortality events caused by marine heatwaves, some coral reefs and species are more resistant and resilient, like the ones depicted in this photo from the Gulf of Aqaba in the Middle East.