Restoring Marine Ecosystems with Healthy Ocean Recordings

Enhancing reef restoration with sound is a great step in restoring our marine ecosystems.

via Smithsonian

Feeling “absolutely devastated,” Simpson and graduate student Timothy Gordon decided to channel their grief into action. In 2017, they heaped up coral rubble to build dozens of new miniature reefs. They placed speakers nearby to play recordings made when the reefs were healthy. Twice as many young fish settled on the reefs near these speakers. “We found that we could actually start to rebuild the reef community,” Simpson says.

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