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How did they survive the ice ages and previous warm ages, and what makes this different?
by donatj 11y ago
How did they survive the ice ages and previous warm ages, and what makes this different?
- chillydawg 11y agoIndividual reefs probably would not have survived. The polyps would have taken root elsewhere (probably closer to the equator in ice ages). The organisms have evolved over millions of years and are clearly hardy to drastic climate change. The issue is that the reefs themselves will certainly die and big, new ones won't form for thousands of years. So from our point of view, they're "extinct".