ニューヨーク・タイムズのインスタグラム(nytimes) - 9月20日 21時44分

“We’re trying to find the super corals, the ones that survived the worst heat stress of their lives,” said Neal Cantin, a researcher with the Australian Institute of Marine Science in Townsville, #Australia. @davidmauricesmith took this photo of Neal collecting coral samples from Rib Reef, a section of the #GreatBarrierReef off Queensland. Coral reefs are among the most beautiful sights on the planet, dubbed the “rain forests of the sea.” They occupy a tiny area but harbor much of the variety of life in the ocean. Some scientists say they believe half the coral #reefs that existed in the early 20th century are gone, though. Instead of standing around watching the rest of them die, reef experts worldwide are determined to act. Their goal is not just to study them, but to find the ones with the best genes, multiply them in tanks and ultimately return them to the ocean. The hope is to create tougher reefs — to accelerate evolution, essentially — and slowly build an ecosystem capable of surviving global warming and other human-caused environmental assaults. Of course, the effort raises scientific and ethical questions — the kind of questions that appear to be an inescapable part of the human future, beyond coral reefs. Visit the link in our profile to read more.

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