The world’s coral reefs are in danger. Rapidly warming sea temperatures are the main reason why they are dying off in record numbers. And this trend is causing concern and making some people decide to take action to solve the problem.
Joni Claypas, coral scientist and director of Raising Coral Costa Rica, said she has been working as a reef scientist for a long time. And she was tired of having to tell everyone that The condition of the reef was getting worse until one day, she decided to find a way to restore the reef, which led to a project to take small pieces of coral from the ocean and grow them in an underwater nursery. In order to bring it back to replant in the coral reef.
Project officials also use simple technology to track where each piece of coral comes from. To find corals that have the best ability to recover and plant them.
Claypas continued. In addition to growing coral in the nursery, The project also distributes coral. as well as various equipment such as temperature measuring machines To many more places, to be sure. Gather as much information as possible about future coral planting locations.
There is an assessment from some agencies that The world has lost 50% of its coral reefs in the past 30 years due to global warming, so reef restoration projects like this are urgently needed. Because if the coral dies It will cause great disaster to life both inside and outside the ocean.
What many people don’t know is that Coral reefs protect the coastline. It maintains aquatic biodiversity and is vital to marine life.
But for scientists like Claypas Restoring coral reefs is also about keeping things that have been in the ocean for millions of years in place.
Archireef, a climate technology company is another group that has turned to help restore coral reefs through development. “Reef tiles” made from 3D printed terra cotta that can be embedded in the ocean floor to help new corals grow.
Deniz Tekerek, co-founder of Archie Reef, explains that divers will take three-dimensional terracotta reef tiles and bury them on the ocean floor. To use as a base for placing coral fragments on top for planting. Divers can bury the reef tiles in a maximum area of approximately 40 square meters in one day.
One advantage of using lightweight tiles is that This allows divers to move the material to deeper, cooler waters as needed.
This adaptability has helped both projects succeed as ocean temperatures continue to rise.
The importance of various creatures in the sea may well be reflected in the words of Sylvia Earle, a famous American oceanographer who once said: “Corals need fish. And fish need coral. If we take away fish, the coral dies. If we take away coral, the fish dies. ”
- Source: VOA
