Accelerated evolution and automated aquaculture could help coral weather the heat
A scientist examines baby coral at our National Sea Simulator, where we research heat tolerant corals and large scale coral aquaculture. Credit: AIMS, CC BY-ND Coral on the Great Barrier Reef has regrown strongly after the big losses of 2016 and 2017, when water temperatures were significantly above the long-term average. While this is good news, it's largely luck. The reef experienced…