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"The North Atlantic just completely destroyed its June average temperature record, breaking the previous record by more than 0.4 °C (0.7 °F).

A stunningly sharp excess for such a large body of water."

https://berkeleyearth.org/june-2023-temperature-update/

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Ehm. While I somewhat agree with your first paragraph (that's still not "fine" btw), saying that there's nothing special about corals is kinda bullshit. About a quarter of other marine species in those areas depend on those during at least some part of their lifecycle. And not just snorkelling-pretty fish, fish that we catch for food in areas with coral reefs also heavily rely on them. Bleached corals is not a coral problem, it's a marine ecosystem problem.

Also, evolution doesn't really work on timescales of mere years. Substantial changes take millennia or even eons.