one of their coral projects that they hope may offer a solution in maintaining the health of these lifegiving reefs. so, for the maldives, all our islands are protected by coral. if you can see, like, where the waves are breaking, sometimes, you ll get really big waves coming in. but it all gets dissipated by that whole layer of coral that you see there. by the time it reaches the shore, it s really low impact, and it s not going to erode the beach so much. so, the coral reef is an important natural barrier to stop the erosion of the beaches? that s right. it s our first line of defence. so, what s damaging the coral reefs? unsustainable development that s a big problem. climate change issues with, um.coral bleaching. a bleaching event is when the coral dies en masse due to unusually warm sea temperatures. one of the biggest ones was the first one in 1998,
that s right. it s our first line of defence. so, what s damaging the coral reefs? unsustainable development, that s a big problem. climate change issues with, um.coral bleaching. a bleaching event is when the coral dies en masse due to unusually warm sea temperatures. one of the biggest ones was the first one in 1998, which affected about more than 90% of our coral. and we did get a lot of recovery, but then, er.these events are getting more and more frequent. so we had one in 2010 and then we had another one 2015 16, and now we re bracing ourselves for another event. but amid this bleaching onslaught, the team has made an important and unexpected discovery. some of the corals in fulhadoo have managed to survive. they show high thermal resilience because they ve been surviving in.in these conditions and in really shallow waters that leave them exposed at low tide.
aya is a marine biologist at the maldives coral institute. she s taking me to see one of their coral projects that they hope may offer a solution in maintaining the health of these lifegiving reefs. so for the maldives, all our islands are protected by coral. if you can see, like, where the waves are breaking, sometimes, you ll get really big waves coming in. but it all gets dissipated by that whole layer of coral that you see there. by the time it reaches the shore, it s really low impact, and it s not going to erode the beach so much. so, the coral reef is an important natural barrier to stop the erosion of the beaches? that s right. it s our first line of defence. so, what s damaging the coral reefs? unsustainable development, that s a big problem. climate change issues with, um.coral bleaching. a bleaching event is when the coral dies en masse due to unusually warm sea temperatures.
that s a big problem. climate change issues with, um.coral bleaching. a bleaching event is when the coral dies en masse due to unusually warm sea temperatures. one of the biggest ones was the first one in 1998, which affected about more than 90% of our coral. and we did get a lot of recovery, but then, er.these events are getting more and more frequent. so we had one in 2010 and then we had another one 2015 16, and now we re bracing ourselves for another event. but amid this bleaching onslaught, the team has made an important and unexpected discovery. some of the corals in fulhadoo have managed to survive. they show high thermal resilience because they ve been surviving in.in these conditions and in really shallow waters that leave them
are protected by coral. if you can see, like, where the waves are breaking, sometimes, you ll get really big waves coming in. but it all gets dissipated by that whole layer of coral that you see there. by the time it reaches the shore, it s really low impact, and it s not going to erode the beach so much. so, the coral reef is an important natural barrier to stop the erosion of the beaches? that s right. it s our first line of defence. so, what s damaging the coral reefs? unsustainable development, that s a big problem. climate change issues with, um.coral bleaching. a bleaching event is when the coral dies en masse due to unusually warm sea temperatures. one of the biggest ones was the first one in 1998, which affected about more than 90% of our coral. and we did get a lot of recovery, but then, er.these events are getting more and more frequent. so we had one in 2010 and then