University of Queensland wants to drop "bommies" on the Great Barrier Reef

Experts at the University of Queensland are experimenting with a new way of saving Australia's Great Barrier Reef, one of the most endangered natural environments on the planet. Researchers in the Civil Engineering and Biological Sciences department have been salvaging portions of dead coral and recycling them into new structures that not only protect still active parts of the reef but restoring it with new life as well. The University scientists are working on the collaborative project with the...

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