Scientists are racing against time to save coral reef in the Maldives. They have come up with a plan of regrowing corals using fragments of destroyed coral heads.
On tiny island of Fulidhoo, Aya Nasim and the Maldives coral institute are involved in a rebuilding a reef. The reef was badly effected by bleaching events means that the corals were boiling to death due to rising temperature.
At the moment we are moving towards 1.5 degree rise in global temperature. If we can’t control global carbon emissions the rate of corals will be reduced by 90 percent in 2030.
The way to save the reef by growing new products from fragments of destroyed coral heads. Those new corals transported and reattached to the original reefs in the sea. Reefs are natural sea defense against storm surges caused by global warming.
Scientists from the nekton mission are collecting data and researching new solutions to save coral reef. Nekton is a deep sea research mission they are venturing into depths hidden & unexplored.
Maldives is home to 2500 plus coral reefs and it’s the dominant ecosystem in the country but global warming slowly killing them off. Study conducting on 2016 found that 60 percent of the coral reefs were hit by the bleaching. Since then global warming has only gotten worse and worse.
