A simple touch can bring dying corals back to life in just seven weeks

Filed by Elara Myst

In a laboratory setting, researchers have shown that corals can fully recover from bleaching within seven weeks through brief contact with healthy corals.Scientists discovered that dying corals can recover in record time simply by touching healthy clones, opening a promising new path to saving threatened reefs.Source:Stanford Doerr School of SustainabilitySummary:Scientists have discovered that severely bleached corals can make a remarkable comeback simply by touching healthy, genetically