Cloud Dening Project in Australia Aims to Save the Australian Reef System

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The project has raised concerns among some scientists abroad, in part because the australian group has published little about its work. Research suggests that the reef lost more than half of its coral between 19 95 and 20 17 as a result of warming waters,. tropical storms and predatory starfish. The goal now is to work out what's achievable in the world, says cedric robiott, executive director of the rief restoration and adaptation programme.

Australian scientists are developing new technologies to help protect coral from climate change.

Earlier this year, a team of researchers used a mist-machine to artificially brighten clouds in order to block sunlight above Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. The project is the world’s first field trial of marine cloud brightening and is among a number of techniques and technologies being developed to save the country’s reefs from the worst effects of climate change.

This is an audio version of our feature: Can artificially altered clouds save the Great Barrier Reef?

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