Scientists discovery how to make coral grow 40 times faster

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Scientists discovery how to make coral grow 40 times faster

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So, good news for the great barrier reef.
https://bigthink.com/surprising-science ... ize-oceans
Any particular sea gods wanna take credit for this?
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And so the world was consumed by coral, and no one could ever walk barefoot again...
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So that means the spaceship in Sphere was probably a lot younger than they thought.
..What mirror universe?
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This is the basis for a apocalypse film.

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Actually I was thinking a bit more of Eureka 7.
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This is good news... in theory. However, anyone else think that tech such as this will just make people 40 times less likely to care about preserving our coral reefs now that they know we can just repair the results of their shitty actions?
Cynical? Yes. But a more responsible species wouldn't need this tech to begin with.
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clearspira wrote: Sat Dec 15, 2018 12:56 am This is good news... in theory. However, anyone else think that tech such as this will just make people 40 times less likely to care about preserving our coral reefs now that they know we can just repair the results of their shitty actions?
Cynical? Yes. But a more responsible species wouldn't need this tech to begin with.
Well it's not like the destruction just happens like litter on the highway. Isn't it more commercial practices that deteriorate reefs?
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Yeah. The people responsible for the bulk of global warming, which leads to coral bleaching death, could fit in two greyhound buses.
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Can we start making jewelry out of coral again?

Maybe we can breed a species of elephant that sheds and regrows its tusks like a deer's horns.
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Fuzzy Necromancer wrote: Sat Dec 15, 2018 2:01 am Yeah. The people responsible for the bulk of global warming, which leads to coral bleaching death, could fit in two greyhound buses.
What do you mean about the buses?
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