Coral reefs have stabilized Earth's carbon cycle for the past 250 million years, research reveals

Coral reefs have long been celebrated as biodiversity hotspots—but new research shows they have also played a much deeper ...
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Coral reefs have fuelled severe global warming in Earth's past

Over the past 250 million years, periods when coral reef growth has peaked have coincided with big rises in sea temperatures ...

Earth's rapid warming 56 million years ago left plants struggling to keep up

Around 56 million years ago, Earth suddenly got much hotter. Over about 5,000 years, the amount of carbon in the atmosphere ...