Coral 'micro nurseries' offer breakthrough in repopulating the Great Barrier Reef: 'There is still time'

Coral 'micro nurseries' offer breakthrough in repopulating the Great Barrier Reef: 'There is still time'

Coral 'micro nurseries' offer breakthrough in repopulating the Great Barrier Reef: 'There is still time' For two decades, Theresa Fyffe was a medical researcher. Now, she’s focused on a different kind of medicine: Coral triage. Fyffe is the executive director of the Great Barrier Reef Foundation, an organization that connects and funds on-the-ground work to restore the world’s largest coral reef.  The Great Barrier Reef still has time. Photo courtesy of Tourism and Events Queensland She likens the coral reef crisis to the medical world where she started her career. “Many cancers don’t have a cure, but a cancer diagnosis is no longer a death sentence, due to the expanding toolkit of treatments. This is how we must think of coral reefs,” Fyffe said in a recent TED Talk. “Yes, we need a cure; the solutions to climate change itself. But right now, corals also need treatments to buy them time.” Theresa Fyffe speaks at TED 2025 in Vancouver, BC. Photo: Gilberto Tadday/TED Half of th…