Scientists using electricity to regenerate Coral Reefs!

Maxx

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PEMUTERAN, North Bali -- As the late afternoon sun bathes the beach with a soft warmth, gentle waves lap quietly at the shore -- and strollers occasionally stumble over a thick wad of white cables embedded in the fine, black sand.
The cables seem to disappear into the sea, where large blue plastic balls bob in the waves. And they seem to come out of nowhere, sprouting like a nasty growth on the face of this stretch of tropical paradise on Bali's northwestern coast.
The wires are part of highly original and ambitious underwater experiment: the use of low-voltage electrical current to stimulate regrowth in a badly damaged coral reef.

To read the whole article click here.
Also read.....
http://globalcoral.org/Solution for Corals in Peril.htm
and
http://globalcoral.org/Biorock Mineral Accretion Technology for Reef Restoration.html
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