Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Coral reefs are in deep trouble. Record ocean temperatures have pushed them past the first-ever climate tipping point, an abrupt shift that may be difficult to reverse. But scientists aren’t ready to give up. Around the world, researchers are racing to restore damaged reefs, using everything from high-tech sea simulators that mass-spawn coral larvae to heat-tolerant algae and coral probiotics. The question is whether any of this can work fast enough, and at a big-enough scale, to help the world’s reefs bounce back. In this interactive feature, we explore the most radical ideas for rescuing the world's corals.
Read more: newscientist.com/article/2528456-the-last-ditch-plan-to-save-coral-reefs-from-utter-destruction
Coral reefs are in deep trouble. Record ocean temperatures have pushed them past the first-ever climate tipping point, an abrupt shift that may be difficult to reverse. But scientists aren’t ready to give up. Around the world, researchers are racing to restore damaged reefs, using everything from high-tech sea simulators that mass-spawn coral larvae to heat-tolerant algae and coral probiotics. The question is whether any of this can work fast enough, and at a big-enough scale, to help the world’s reefs bounce back. In this interactive feature, we explore the most radical ideas for rescuing the world's corals.
Read more: newscientist.com/article/2528456-the-last-ditch-plan-to-save-coral-reefs-from-utter-destruction
