Scientists ‘Blown Away’ Seeing Bleached Corals Fully Recover

Scientists ‘blown away’ seeing bleached corals fully recover

Scientists at Stanford University in California stumbled on a promising discovery when two coral fragments in the lab — one bleached and one healthy — tipped over in a tank and touched. Weeks later, the bleached coral was completely restored. They talk to us about that surprising discovery.

Stanford scientists discovered bleached coral can heal through touch

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Two coral fragments fell over in a Stanford lab tank. When they touched, one healed the other. The bleached fragment, starved of the symbiotic algae that give coral both its color and its nutrition, began recovering within days. “We watched the healthy coral send over these colourful beneficial algae […] The post Stanford scientists discovered bleached coral can heal through touch first appeared on The Optimi…