Researchers in Florida put 20 shade structures over two Atlantic brain coral species at Newfound Harbor, a protected reef in the Florida Keys, from August to November 2024. The shades cut the sunlight reaching the coral by about 60 percent. The shaded corals bleached less than unshaded ones, and some recovered colour even after bleaching had started. The team found that the algae inside the corals were broadly similar in both groups, possibly because the 2023 heat wave had already removed the least heat-tolerant types. The shades were low-maintenance and roughly ten times cheaper than replacing a dead coral, though the authors see them as a tool for high-priority corals rather than whole reefs.

Hampi is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Karnataka, India, with more than 1,600 surviving remains spread over 4,100 hectares. It was the capital of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1565. Travellers from Persia and Portugal described it as a prosperous, wealthy and grand city with temples, markets and farms along the Tungabhadra River. By 1500 it was estimated to be the world's second-largest city after Beijing, and probably India's richest at the time. In 1565 a coalition of Muslim sultanates defeated the Vijayanagara Empire, its capital was conquered and destroyed, and the city was left in ruins. Hampi remains a religious centre, with the active Virupaksha Temple at its heart.