Breakthrough coral growth technique surpasses expectations

Dr. David Vaughan’s accidental discovery at the Mote Marine Laboratory in Florida has sparked hope for coral reef recovery worldwide.

While trying to remove a coral, it broke into pieces that astonishingly regrew to full size in just three weeks, a process taking years in the wild.

This “micro-fragmenting” technique, growing corals 40 times faster, works for all species in the Florida Reef.

Vaughan’s team aims to plant 100,000 corals on …

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