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Stanford saves bleached corals in lab
Stanford researchers revive bleached corals in seven weeks.
In brief
Stanford researchers revive bleached corals in seven weeks. Stanford scientists resurrect bleached corals through lab contact in seven weeks. Originally reported by Sfgate.
Stanford study reveals coral recovery
Stanford researchers describe a method to resurrect bleached corals in seven weeks through lab contact.
“What was most exciting about this was seeing the remarkable potential that bleached corals have to rapidly recover”
How bleached corals heal
Genetically identical corals recognize each other when touching and fuse tissues within one week.
“Genetically identical corals recognize one another when they come into contact”
Lab results for wild reefs
Scientists caution that scaling this method to restore wild reefs requires genetically identical copies and continuous contact.
“It might not be feasible to use this exact approach on the scale necessary to restore whole reefs in the wild”
The big picture
Stanford scientists resurrect bleached corals through lab contact in seven weeks.
