Predicting coral bleaching is critical to better manage and preserve coral reefs from global warming. An impressive coordination of surveys across oceans now offers new metrics to help to predict coral bleaching events on a global scale.
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Pernice, M., Hughes, D.J. Forecasting global coral bleaching. Nat. Clim. Chang. 9, 803–804 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0593-7
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