Bleached corals thrive within days when touching healthy neighbour

	Bleached corals thrive within days when touching healthy neighbour(nature.com)
	556 points by alkyon 9 days ago \| 118 comments
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	HN Discussion: •Explains the biology of bleaching as a potentially adaptive strategy rather than death ↓Scale of real-world bleaching makes healthy neighbors rare, limiting practical benefit ↓Effect only works between genetically identical clones, limiting real-world application ↑Celebrates the finding as hopeful good news for coral recovery ~Cynical that recovery is meaningless without addressing underlying global warming