What It Looks Like When Coral Reproduces | Changing Planet: Coral Special

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Professor Peter L. Harrison from Southern Cross University and his team use specialized nets to capture precious coral spawn before it drifts away on the current. This ingenious device allows the spawn, a vital mixture of eggs and sperm, to rise to the surface, where it's gently caught, preserving the genesis of entire coral reefs.
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In the third year of this 7-year project examining the issues facing the planet’s most threatened ecosystems, Dr. M. Sanjayan visits the Maldives to take an in-depth look at coral reefs and the urgent efforts to help them survive climate change. Stream Changing Planet: Coral Special Wednesday, April 24, 2024 at 8/7c on KZbin, pbs.org and the PBS App: to.pbs.org/3wgjPfd

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I'm glad this research is going on. Coral is vital to all species in the ocean.

[@jackieheidorn5875]

This is so interesting. What a wonderful project.

[@windlessoriginals1150]

Thank you.

[@wendylau]

I love scuba diving but cannot go now because I'm caregiving at home. I thought in the future I would visit the dive sites I have not gone to yet but with the global coral bleaching event on now, it looks like there will be no pristine reefs to visit in the future 😢.