Meet RangerBot, potential savior of the reefs

Meet RangerBot, potential savior of the reefs

By Bayley Freeman Excerpt from CORAL Magazine, September/Ocyober 2019 Could a submersible robot save imperilled coral reefs? A team of scientists in Australia believes it can, and they want to use their invention, RangerBot, to prove it. RangerBot burst onto the...
Killer Solution for Coral Reef Killer

Killer Solution for Coral Reef Killer

Researchers Stumble Upon Lethal Control for Crown of Thorns Starfish An Australia-based team of marine scientists has developed what may prove an effective control for the dreaded Crown of Thorns starfish (COTS), which periodically ravages coral reefs across the...
Great Barrier Reef Losing Coral Cover

Great Barrier Reef Losing Coral Cover

It is the easily one of Earth’s greatest natural wonders and the largest structure built by animals on the planet, but the Great Barrier Reef is disappearing at an alarming rate as its mantle of live coral is disappearing. A new study by Australian scientists...