{"id":579084,"date":"2023-06-17T18:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T15:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/why-marine-sponges-suffer-with-rising-temperatures\/"},"modified":"2023-06-17T18:00:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-17T15:00:01","slug":"why-marine-sponges-suffer-with-rising-temperatures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-marine-sponges-suffer-with-rising-temperatures\/","title":{"rendered":"#Why marine sponges suffer with rising temperatures"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4d13fcb73c1\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4d13fcb73c1\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-marine-sponges-suffer-with-rising-temperatures\/#Experimenting_with_temperature\" >Experimenting with temperature<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-marine-sponges-suffer-with-rising-temperatures\/#Are_we_spoiling_an_evolutionary_success_story\" >Are we spoiling an evolutionary success story?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-marine-sponges-suffer-with-rising-temperatures\/#No_strings_attached_No_way\" >No strings attached? No way!<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/why-marine-sponges-suffer-with-rising-temperatures\/#Sponges_and_their_microbial_partners_are_in_trouble\" >Sponges and their microbial partners are in trouble<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/bad-break-up-in-warm-w.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/hires\/2023\/bad-break-up-in-warm-w.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Coral brunner. Credit: Shutterstock\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2023\/bad-break-up-in-warm-w.jpg\" alt=\"Bad break-up in warm waters: why marine sponges suffer with rising temperatures\" title=\"Coral brunner. Credit: Shutterstock\" width=\"800\" height=\"394\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                Coral brunner. Credit: Shutterstock<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Marine sponges have started <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/gcb.16597\">dying in vast numbers<\/a> in coastal areas around the globe. Just this year, thousands of sponges turned white and died in New Zealand and in the Mediterranean Sea. This has been h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ening <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cell.com\/current-biology\/fulltext\/S0960-9822(22)01769-9\">when the water gets too warm<\/a>, but the underlying cause has remained a mystery. Until now.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\"><!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><br \/>\n      <\/section>\n<p>We know these sponges play a crucial <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/femsec\/article\/95\/11\/fiz155\/5582607?login=false\">role in recycling key elements<\/a> such as carbon, nitrogen, sulfur and phosphorus. In doing so, they keep nutrient cycles ticking over, to the benefit of all life on Earth.<\/p>\n<p>This happens mainly through their very close association, or &#8220;symbiosis,&#8221; with <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/21966903\/\">diverse and abundant microbes<\/a>. These microbes live in the sponge tissue as &#8220;life partners.&#8221; Sponges benefit from these tight relationships, as the microbes <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ami-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/j.1462-2920.2011.02460.x\">produce energy, recycle nutrients and provide beneficial molecules<\/a> for the host.<\/p>\n<p>In our <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s43705-023-00247-3\">new research<\/a>, we found the cause of death is likely to be the sudden loss of a key microbe at high temperatures. This might rapidly poison the sponge, because this specific microbe is usually required to remove ammonia, a toxic metabolic waste product, from the sponge&#8217;s tissues. Without this crucial process, the sponge dies.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Experimenting_with_temperature\"><\/span>Experimenting with temperature<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Marine sponges are <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1002\/aqc.436\">animals of many shapes, colors and sizes<\/a> found <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0035105\">in every ocean<\/a>, where they serve as food and provide shelter to many other organisms.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/bad-break-up-in-warm-w-1.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2023\/bad-break-up-in-warm-w-1.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Sponge exposed to today\u2019s average temperature (left, healthy), compared to sponge exposed to the average predicted for 2100 (right, unhealthy). Credit: Holly Bennett.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2023\/bad-break-up-in-warm-w-1.jpg\" alt=\"Bad break-up in warm waters: why marine sponges suffer with rising temperatures\" title=\"Sponge exposed to today\u2019s average temperature (left, healthy), compared to sponge exposed to the average predicted for 2100 (right, unhealthy). Credit: Holly Bennett.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Sponge exposed to today\u2019s average temperature (left, healthy), compared to sponge exposed to the average predicted for 2100 (right, unhealthy). Credit: Holly Bennett.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>They spend their lives attached to the seafloor, where they feed by <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/0022098174900057\">filtering thousands of liters of seawater<\/a> every day, capturing, and later <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/24857195\">digesting, microscopic food<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Our study examined the tropical sponge Stylissa flabelliformis, exposed to either today&#8217;s average summer temperature (28.5\u2103) or the average temperature predicted for 2100 (31.5\u2103).<\/p>\n<p>After eight weeks in the warmer water, the sponges were dying. There was no trace of the microbe that usually removes toxic ammonia in the sponge tissue. The microbial gene carrying the detoxifying function was completely absent from the sponge tissue, too. This confirmed no other microbe was fulfilling this role, and the detoxification of the tissue was simply not possible.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, the sponges kept at 28.5\u2103 were healthy. And the microbes in the sponge tissue were the ones we usually find when all is well.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/bad-break-up-in-warm-w-2.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2023\/bad-break-up-in-warm-w-2.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Sponge gardens on the Great Barrier Reef. Credit: Heidi Luter\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2023\/bad-break-up-in-warm-w-2.jpg\" alt=\"Bad break-up in warm waters: why marine sponges suffer with rising temperatures\" title=\"Sponge gardens on the Great Barrier Reef. Credit: Heidi Luter\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Sponge gardens on the Great Barrier Reef. Credit: Heidi Luter<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Are_we_spoiling_an_evolutionary_success_story\"><\/span>Are we spoiling an evolutionary success story?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Sponges are some of <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-021-02066-9\">the most ancient animals on the planet<\/a>. They are found <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0035105\">from the tropics to the poles<\/a> in <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0035105\">shallow and deep waters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The sponge-microbe symbiosis has long <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ami-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/j.1462-2920.2011.02460.x\">been credited for this ecological success story<\/a>. Depending on the sponge species, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/ncomms11870\">thousands of different microbial species<\/a> reside in the sponge tissue.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to supplying energy to the host, these microbes <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41396-020-00876-9\">provide the sponge host with vital molecules<\/a> the sponge itself cannot produce, such as essential vitamins, or compounds that deter predators. They also <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/femsec\/article\/95\/11\/fiz155\/5582607?login=true\">act as recyclers<\/a>, transforming certain chemicals to reduce their toxicity or to make them digestible by the sponge. And they even <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/1424-2818\/9\/4\/49\">produce molecules that can potentially benefit humans<\/a>, such as anti-cancer drugs and antimicrobial agents.<\/p>\n<p>The symbiosis between sponges and their microbial partners has allowed sponges to conquer large portions of the oceans&#8217; seafloor. But human activities might put a serious dent in this epic success story. Last year, a marine heatwave <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cell.com\/current-biology\/fulltext\/S0960-9822(22)01769-9\">induced tissue damage and bleaching<\/a> in several sponge species in New Zealand. In the Mediterranean, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/gcb.16597\">all the sponges off the coast of Marseille died<\/a> as a result of temperature extremes during Europe&#8217;s last summer.<\/p>\n<p>While the underlying cause of these mass die-offs in warmer waters is not yet known, researchers have suggested the answer might lie in the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/29523192\/\">breakdown of the symbiosis<\/a> between the host and its microbes. Our research supports this hypothesis. These sponges may actually face a problem similar to bleached corals: increased temperature destroys the symbiosis, potentially <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/doi\/10.1073\/pnas.2022653118\">causing a chemical imbalance<\/a> within the sponge, with deadly consequences.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/bad-break-up-in-warm-w-3.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2023\/bad-break-up-in-warm-w-3.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"The research involved experiments in the National Sea Simulator. Credit: Blake Ramsby\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2023\/bad-break-up-in-warm-w-3.jpg\" alt=\"Bad break-up in warm waters: why marine sponges suffer with rising temperatures\" title=\"The research involved experiments in the National Sea Simulator. Credit: Blake Ramsby\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                The research involved experiments in the National Sea Simulator. Credit: Blake Ramsby<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"No_strings_attached_No_way\"><\/span>No strings attached? No way!<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Most of the time, a strong symbiosis has an overwhelmingly positive effect on the host, but the risk of having such deep ties is dependency. With S. flabelliformis, it seems the sponge could not survive the loss of the only microbe that detoxifies ammonia and the &#8220;breakup&#8221; caused by increased temperatures.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, this abundant species on the Great Barrier Reef and the West Indo-Pacific is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/ismej2012165\">not the only tropical sponge<\/a> to experience changes in its microbes when it is unhealthy. This also happens <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/femsec\/article\/97\/8\/fiab095\/6310570?login=true\">in sponges living in temperate waters<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Sponges_and_their_microbial_partners_are_in_trouble\"><\/span>Sponges and their microbial partners are in trouble<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Importantly, the 3\u2103 temperature rise to which we subjected our sponges does not represent a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a>-fiction scenario, but today&#8217;s extremes, already seen in nature. It is consistent with the marine heatwave that hit the Australian East coast <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/ncomms16101\">between November 2015 and February 2016<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2023\/bad-break-up-in-warm-w-4.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2023\/bad-break-up-in-warm-w-4.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Healthy Stylissa flabelliformis on the Great Barrier Reef. Credit: Heidi Luter\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2023\/bad-break-up-in-warm-w-4.jpg\" alt=\"Bad break-up in warm waters: why marine sponges suffer with rising temperatures\" title=\"Healthy Stylissa flabelliformis on the Great Barrier Reef. Credit: Heidi Luter\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Healthy Stylissa flabelliformis on the Great Barrier Reef. Credit: Heidi Luter<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>These extreme events are predicted to become <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41586-018-0383-9\">more frequent and more severe<\/a> as our climate continues to change. And such high temperatures <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ipcc.ch\/report\/ar6\/wg2\/chapter\/chapter-3\/\">could become averages by 2100<\/a> if we do not become carbon neutral globally as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p>This is worrying <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> for sponges, for the ecosystems they support and, by extension, for us. Sponges are <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.plos.org\/plosone\/article?id=10.1371\/journal.pone.0035105\">extremely diverse with about 8,500 species<\/a> currently described around the globe, host to microbes that <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s00253-014-5861-x\">could help humanity fight diseases and antibiotic resistance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It is not intuitive to think highly of unassuming animals and their microbial partners when contemplating big issues such as climate change and the collapse of Earth&#8217;s biodiversity. 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