Researchers turn to new technique for boosting coral growth in the Great Barrier Reef

The corals which adorn Australia’s Great Barrier Reef have long been dying off, but researchers have found a way to potentially ease the decline.

In the first project of its kind on the Reef, scientists have found a way to accelerate the growth of coral through a technique called larval reseeding. 

The method involves collecting large amounts of coral eggs and sperm during a mass spawning, then using that to produce more than a million larvae. 

This larvae is then reintroduced onto the reef in underwater mesh tents.  Read more…

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