Scientists speed coral growth:
"The key to saving coral, a crucial oceanic species, just might have sprung from the muddy banks of the Mississippi.
By exposing embryonic coral cells to concentrated salt water, researchers at St. Louis' World Aquarium have been able to accelerate the growth of this notoriously sluggish species."
The coral reefs are struggling for survival all around the world. We should do our part to help restore them and help build them again.
This could be wonderful discovery to do just that.
But could this also cause the coral reefs to "overgrow"?
Could the coral reefs become a nausience by growing too big?
Could some species that accept this method kill off other species that are less receptive to this method?
Let me know what you think about it... leave a comment!
Think about it,
Jay Kahn
1 comment:
I moved to Nashville for an internship and no one could take care of my tank for me while I was gone the first two weeks.
I came back to a tank that had a TON of evaporation, and for some reason my green polyps had just EXPLODED all over the tank. They were everywhere!!
I'd like to think it was from the concentrated salt, but who knows.
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