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'A new ally may help speed up the race to restore devastated coral reefs in
Australia: robots, combined with mass-manufacturing techniques. Around the
world, scientists are also working on other methods to help reefs recover
faster and on a larger scale than before. But as corals face existential
threats, including a steady increase in the intensity and duration of marine
heat waves, experts warn that these solutions need to go hand in hand with
action on global warming if they are to bring lasting improvements.
Taryn Foster is a coral scientist based in Western Australia and chief
executive of Coral Maker, which produces small coral skeletons onto which
nursery grown coral is attached. She was spurred into action by the mass
bleaching she witnessed while doing research for her doctoral thesis on climate
impacts on coral reefs.
"I was studying these big reefs and saw how quickly a bleaching event
devastates a reef system," says Foster. "In the space of a few weeks during one
of the bleaching events, we saw around 90% coral mortality. And I was
reconsidering whether or not I wanted to continue to write scientific research
papers, or whether I wanted to get more involved in practical, more
solutions-based work."'
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
