{
  "id": 14775377,
  "title": "Better together? Coral fusion could throw bleached reefs a lifeline",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/better-together-coral-fusion-could-throw-bleached-reefs-a-lifeline",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-10-15T19:20:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-10-coral-fusion-reefs-lifeline.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "When corals are stressed by pollution, high water temperatures or other environmental changes, they can lose the microscopic algae living inside them and on which they depend for food. As a result, they turn white, a phenomenon known as coral bleaching. They will not die straight away, but it will be game over if the stress continues long enough for them to starve.",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}