How Does Coral Restoration Work?

[nittyjee]

**Excellent video** So well made, detailed, enjoyable, informative, great music. Thank you for making this, it's important.

[inksorwatercolour]

Wow, I watch it with the tears in my eyes. Such a beautiful thing to do. Some people just praying to the god of money and destroying everything, other are planting corals

[pamelakerr]

Thank you, this was an awesome production . Thank you

[YoungCocoa]

Thank you for this! It was so insightful

[jessed]

Are they making any effort to plant more resistant corals that won't just bleach and die next time a heat wave comes around?

[HepCatJack]

Since the ocean is becoming more acidic dissolving the calcium that corals need, have you considered making an anchored latticework made of interlaced bones from the meat industry, shells collected from restaurants that consume oysters, mussels clams and with eggshells at the center and fixing the coral on these structures to make artificial reefs ? This would supply calcium and places to adhere to.

It seemed to me that whenever artificial inlets are made, if such artificial structures with corals were to be installed, it would over time become a reef and strengthen them against erosion. Some companies specialized in underwater structures are starting to work on a cement mixture that is friendly to the local sea life by tweaking the cement recipes and making sure the outer layer isn't smooth but rough with indentation to help coral fix itself upon it. Then successive generations of it would add strength by adding progressive layers of limestone on it.

[rachelamundsen]

Very cool video. Learned a lot. Thanks.

[uckyl]

hope these guys are doing well.. than you for doing this..

[viking]

Very nice video, my friend wants to do something similar down by where he lives, he has a beach house in mexico on the front row and he was thinking on trying to make a reef because he loves the ocean, does anyone know if that's a good idea? and if so where can you buy coral native there?

[AnchorDownBoat]

Can I plant my own coral garden offshore? Is that legal?

[pauld]

cool, do you know if there is something similar at the Great Barrier Reef in Australia?

[umar]

Hey I'm from indonesia, i really want to participate to restore my beautiful reed it sad many of them bleached what can i help?

[naturegroup]

I want to restore the coral reef of saint martin.will it be possible? what will be the approximate time and cost needed?

[parvizsoroushian]

It seems to be difficult to stabilize the coral fragments at the ocean base. I wonder if easier ways could be find to help diverse perform this valuable work more efficiently.

[rachelamundsen]

Please do not use regular sunscreen when you are in the ocean. It’s components kill the corals as well. Use mineral reef friendly sunscreen based on zinc oxide.

[shanayhaa]

SAVE THE WORLD!!! I'm here for it %100

[jeffery]

I don't know squat. Wouldn't it be better to grow the new coral in place? Perhaps drop a concrete road barracade or even a steel framework with holes drilled in it to be a framework and then attach the coral to it? I know that old boats and ships are sometimes sunk to be a framework.

[talhatariqyuluqatdis]

Can we genetically modify the algae to live in hotter climates as a temporary solution?

[jacketvan]

Hey! Can i be a volunterr with you? Love corals and diving)

[JonJon-luwc]

im from the virgin islands and seen the decline over the years. very sad.