New coral reef restoration technology aims to reverse climate change damage
May 27, 2021
2:07 PM CDT
Environment
Cassandra Garrison
3 minute read
Marine scientist Deborah Brosnan remembers “feeling like a visitor at an amazing party” on her diving trips to a bay near the Caribbean island of Saint Barthelemy where she swam above coral reefs with nurse sharks, sea turtles and countless colorful fish.
But on a return trip after Hurricane Irma ravaged the island in 2017, she dove the reef again - and was shocked by what she saw.
"Everything was dead," she recalled in an interview with Reuters. "There were no sharks, no sea turtles, no sea grass, no living coral. I felt like I lost my friends."
Recent research has shown that warmer atmospheric temperatures and sea level rise contribute to more frequent, destructive tropical storms.
More:
https://www.reuters.com/business/environment/new-coral-reef-restoration-technology-aims-reverse-climate-change-damage-2021-05-27/
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