Sentences with phrase «certain branching corals»

* The 18 - to 59 - cm warming - induced sea - level rise that is predicted for the coming century by the IPCC falls well within the range (2 to 6 mm per year) of typical coral vertical extension rates, which exhibited a modal value of 7 to 8 mm per year during the Holocene and can be more than double that value in certain branching corals.