Inside the wild plan to reengineer coral reefs

This past summer, conservationists in Florida did something remarkable: they took corals out of the ocean en masse to save them from an ocean heat wave. It’s just one new strategy of many that researchers are trying out around the world to save coral reefs from climate change. They’re also mapping reefs like never before, cloning huge numbers of corals to plant in the wild, and even breeding new heat-resistant species. Will it be enough? Presented by Meta for Work. #Science #ClimateChange #CoralReef Read more: 0:00 Introduction 0:34 Coral migration mission 2:42 Importance of coral reefs 3:25 Visiting the saved coral and looking towards the future 6:20 Mapping coral reefs with photomosaics 8:44 “Welcome to our eternal pets” 11:20 What the future of coral looks like The Verge’s sponsors play an important role in funding our journalism, but do not influence editorial content. For more information about our ethics policy, visit Subscribe: Like The Verge on Facebook: Follow on Twitter: Follow on Instagram: Follow on TikTok: The Vergecast Podcast: Decoder with Nilay Patel: More about our podcasts: Read More: Community guidelines: Wallpapers from The Verge: Subscribe to The Vergecast on YouTube, new episodes on Wednesday and Friday: