Australian scientists are testing whether spraying atomised seawater over the Great Barrier Reef could cool its waters and stop further coral bleaching.
Scientists have blasted trillions of tiny ocean salt crystals into the air over the Great Barrier Reef in a bid to save its coral from further bleaching.
The idea is the droplets churned out from a turbine on the back of the vessel will evaporate and leave behind nano-sized sea salt crystals. "We tested the hypothesis at one-tenth of the scale we're aiming for, using a drone in the atmosphere and a sampling vessel 5km away on the sea surface," Dr Harrison added.
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