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Announcements and Academic Talks Test #188
Announcements and Academic Talks
1. What is the professor's main purpose?
A) To assign a new reading
B) To criticize a research paper
C) To summarize a new study's finding
D) To introduce a guest speaker
2. What does the new discovery suggest?
A) Climate change is not affecting oceans
B) All coral species are dying
C) Some corals might adapt to climate change
D) Algae is harmful to coral reefs
I want to share an interesting finding from a recent study in marine biology. Researchers discovered a new species of coral that can survive in much warmer and more acidic water than previously thought possible. This is significant because it suggests some coral reefs may have a natural resilience to the effects of climate change. The study, published last month in Ocean Science Journal, indicates that this coral has a unique symbiotic relationship with a heat-tolerant algae. We'll explore the implications of this for conservation efforts in our next lecture.
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