Coral reefs are among the many victims-in-the-making of climate change, but new research offers an ingenious approach for healing them.
A recent study found that underwater speakers placed close to dead coral in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef encouraged new fish to show up and settle in. In terms of numbers, roughly twice as many fish were drawn to the speaker-enhanced dead coral compared to regions of dead coral in their natural state.
The fish weren’t listening Lizzo or Lil Nas X or anything like that. Instead, the international team of researchers from UK universities in Exeter and Bristol, plus Australia’s James Cook University and Australian Institute of Marine Science, piped in recordings of healthy coral reefs. Read more…
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