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Scientists successfully transplant coral into the devastated Great Barrier Reef

Source
Zee News (India)

Publication Date
2017-11-27

In a bid to save the endangered Great Barrier Reef from the effects of man-made pollution and climate change, Australian scientists have turned to desperate measures. They’ve first bred baby corals in an artificial environment and later moved them to some of the most damaged parts of the reef. Eight months later, the juvenile coral had survived and grown, lending hope that such measures can restore similarly damaged ecosystems, not just in the Great Barrier Reef, but around the world as well.

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https://www.zmescience.com/ecology/climate/coral-transplant-great-barrier-reef043423/