Probiotics help lab corals survive deadly heat stress
A lab experiment suggests good bacteria could help make reefs more resilient to climate change
![orange and pink soft coral](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/081221_jl_corals_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Probiotics helped prevent hard corals from dying due to heat stress in a lab experiment. In the future, researchers plan to test the method on soft corals, too (like the one pictured).
© 2021 KAUST, Morgan Bennett Smith