MEXICO CITY: 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.
Beneath the sea, coral making a comeback By Hu Meidong and Zhang Xiaomin | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-05-25 13:25 Share Divers plant coral. [Provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
Liao Baolin, 37, and his friends are dedicated to the research and protection of coral reefs. Over the past 12 years, they have planted more than 60,000 corals in Guangdong province.
Liao was born in Taining, Sanming, Fujian province. He started working with the administrative bureau of the Guangdong Xuwen coral reef national nature reserve in 2006.
At that time, not many people had an awareness of the need to protect coral reefs. Liao was shocked by what he saw during his first inspection dive.
Coral reefs are in danger. Experts say corals are facing a number of threats, from change in climate to diseases. But there s a group of scientists in West Palm Beach hoping to teach future generations the value of the Florida ecosystem. WPBF was invited inside for an exclusive look at one of Mother Nature s miracles that not a lot of people get to see. Inside the Reef Institute is an intimate research lab. Executive Director Leneita Fix said most of the corals inside their aquariums were rescued from Port Everglades and Fisher Island just off the coast of Miami. Their DNA will be preserved at the lab. Their hopes is to return the offspring to the ocean. We are the only facility holding this species of coral. It s called Favia Fragum looks like little golf balls, Fix said.This is the first time Coral Spawning has been witnessed outside the ocean during the Florida Coral Rescue Project. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Florida has 2% of
Emergency Restoration Action Saves Broken Coral
Honolulu – In an effort to salvage highly valuable corals severely damaged in Honolulu Harbor’s channel, the DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) has taken emergency action to recover as many living pieces as possible. The damage took place two weeks ago and was caused by a dredging platform’s anchor and cable dragging over numerous coral colonies.
An emergency restoration is necessary to prevent additional damage. Freshly broken corals and reef substrate are susceptible to being moved around by surf and currents. This can cause further damage when corals roll and collide with other corals and substrate.