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Trying to save coral reefs? Think like a hedge fund manager

Trying to protect or restore an ecosystem has something in common with playing the stock market or the roulette wheel. Unexpected surprises are part of the equation.

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Coral reefs are in crisis. Could a controversial idea help?

To preserve habitat for fish and benefits for humans, some scientists suggest we need to explore the need for assisted migration.
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Coral reefs off Texas coast in Gulf of Mexico in danger due to climate change

As temperatures in parts of the Gulf of Mexico increase, coral reef ecosystems are in danger of coral bleaching.

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Can private insurance save Hawaii's coral reefs?

Fierce storms pose a growing threat to the islands' beleaguered reefs. Insurance coverage could help restore them, conservationists say.
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As reefs die from climate change, a coral gardener in Asia draws a following

After working in obscurity for decades, Anuar Abdullah is emerging as an increasingly influential, somewhat unlikely expert on how to revive the world's coral reefs.
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Scientists seek to develop hybrid coral reef off of Miami

Scientists and students from the University of Miami dove into the dark waters a few miles off the shores of Miami this week as part of an effort to develop hybrid coral reefs.

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What scientists are doing to save coral reefs

Scientists are trying to figure out which genes in some corals make them more resistant to this disease and to heat stress that causes bleaching.

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