The Key to Protecting Coral Reefs may be Plastic

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The Inspiration

Warmer water temperatures can result in coral bleaching. When water is too warm, corals will expel the algae living in their tissues causing the coral to turn completely white. This is called coral bleaching. 

How It Works

Scientists in Australia have developed an ultra-thin “sun shield” that could float on the water surface in the Great Barrier Reef to protect its coral from further bleaching.

Created from  a biodegradable film that is 50,000 times thinner than a human hair, the shield has reduced sunlight by up to 30 per cent without damaging the coral.

The shield is sprayed onto the water as a solution and forms a white floating film, which keeps the water cooler and darker.

Sumber:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5551153/Cling-film-shield-save-Great-Barrier-Reef-blocking-suns-rays-bleaching-it.html

https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/coral_bleach.html

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/sun-shield-to-save-great-barrier-reef-ndx7tspmh

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/environment/global-warming/ultra-thin-sun-shield-could-protect-great-barrier-reef/articleshow/63475583.cms

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/27/cling-film-shield-could-save-great-barrier-reef-protecting-coral/

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