Name: Brazilian scientists race to save coral reef from collapse
Uploaded: 2026-04-11T00:11:02+08:00
Duration: 2 min 39 s
Description: More than half of the world’s coral reefs have died over the last 75 years, and more than 80 percent of those that remain have been affected by bleaching. Consequently, researchers around the world are racing against the clock to identify corals that

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More than half of the world’s coral reefs have died over the last 75 years, and more than 80 percent of those that remain have been affected by bleaching. Consequently, researchers around the world are racing against the clock to identify corals that can resist rising ocean temperatures, increased salinity, and pollution, in an effort to rebuild these vital ecosystems. Major players in this hunt are Brazilian scientists, who have recently joined a small club by reproducing a native coral species under laboratory conditions. Lucrecia Franco reports from Rio de Janeiro.

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