Corals “eat” electricity by Ludmila Martinicka

Thanks to electricity, corals on the Bali sea shore came back to life and their population grows. Few years ago they were dying, traditional methods of protection and stimulation of growth methods has failed. And now, thanks to the project of two scientists Thomas Goreau and the late architect Wolf Hilbertz, corals are growing again, ready to invite more tourists to Bali. What was the project about? Goreau and Hilbertz created a metal construction in the shape of dome or greenhouse and submerge them in the bay. After hooking up a low voltage energy source on the shore, limestone naturally gathers on the metal. Coral was then salvaged from damaged reefs and affixed to the structure. Similar projects are running on several places, but results of the Bali experiment are most significant. A conference was opened this week on Bali and thousands of delegates, experts and activists are discussing the coral restoration project. They consider the project to be the creative way scientists are trying to fight the ill-effects of global warming. Scientists and environmental initiatives agreed that coral reefs are valuable global environment asset. The protect the shoreline from the tides and waves, host various fishes and plants living in the sea. Some people think, that coral is a plant due to its look, but true is, that corals are marine animals. They live in colonies, building the reef on the bay. They skeleton is really hard. The name of corals carry also the Coral Sea Islands Territory, which includes a group of small and mostly uninhabited tropical islands and reefs in the Coral Sea, northeast of Queensland, Australia.

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