Science
Professor shoots for the moon to save Barrier Reef with ‘coral IVF’ – WAtoday
Coral researcher Peter Harrison dreams that the power of the full moon can help repair the reef and thousands of others are seeing the light.
Professor Harrison’s “coral IVF” program is backed by the Great Barrier Reef Foundation as part of $100 million set aside for reef restoration projects from $443 million the federal government allocated over six years.
Speaking from the Townsville headquarters of the Australian Institute of Marine Science, Professor Harrison explained how committed reef visitors helped collect coral larvae from a coral “spawn slick” on the ocean’s surface.
Coral researchers from the Great Barrier Reef Foundation…
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