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AI analysis uncovers coral reefs resistant to climate change
Global warming is destroying Earth's coral reefs -- the colorful underwater ecosystems simply can't survive as the ocean warms and acidifies. However, researchers have now discovered a type of coral off the coast of Indonesia's Sulawesi Island that seems to be resistant to global warming. The discovery could help us ensure at least some of the world's coral reefs survive climate change. As part of 50 Reefs, an initiative designed to identify climate change-resistant corals, researchers spent six weeks in June and July using underwater scooters equipped with 360-degree cameras to take more than 56,000 images of shallow water reefs. In total, they snapped images of 3,851 square kilometers (1,487 square miles) worth of reefs.