records to understand how climate change—specifically ocean warming—has influenced coral disease prevalence worldwide and performed modeling to forecast disease under future warming scenarios.
Samantha Burke, lead author of the study and a Ph.D. candidate at the School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences, says the findings highlight the devastating impacts of rising temperatures on coral reefs and the dire need for swift action to mitigate climate change. The study also suggests coral disease is likely to worsen more in the Pacific Ocean than in the Atlantic Ocean or Indian Ocean based on current data.
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