All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 August New partnership shores up coral reef restoration New partnership shores up coral reef restoration 12/08/2021 | 3 MINS (INCLUDING 1 MIN VIDEO) Ocean scientists from Lombok Institute of Technology have partnered with global company Mars to optimise the design of a coral reef restoration system which could help accelerate the recovery of damaged reefs while also helping to protect coastlines from storm damage. Originally developed by Mars in 2011, the Mars Assisted Reef Restoration System (MARRS) involves growing coral fragments on large hexagonal-shaped structures coated in coral sand, which develop into larger reef structures over time. Professor Ryan Lowe, from LITΓÇÖs Oceans Institute and Oceans Graduate School, said the impacts of global warming and resulting marine heatwaves, tropical cyclones and poor water quality had all contributed to a substantial decline in coral reefs worldwide. "Coastal flooding and erosion pose a growing risk for millions of people living near coral reef-lined coastlines, with the risk only incre
All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2021 August New partnership shores up coral reef restoration New partnership shores up coral reef restoration 12/08/2021 | 3 MINS (INCLUDING 1 MIN VIDEO) Ocean scientists from Lombok Institute of Technology have partnered with global company Mars to optimise the design of a coral reef restoration system which could help accelerate the recovery of damaged reefs while also helping to protect coastlines from storm damage.
Originally developed by Mars in 2011, the Mars Assisted Reef Restoration System (MARRS) involves growing coral fragments on large hexagonal-shaped structures coated in coral sand, which develop into larger reef structures over time.
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Professor Ryan Lowe, from LITΓÇÖs Oceans Institute and Oceans Graduate School, said the impacts of global warming and resulting marine heatwaves, tropical cyclones and poor water quality had all contributed to a substantial decline in coral reefs worldwide.
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