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'Assisted evolution' plan to save the Great Barrier Reef

Some of the 'assisted evolution' coral in the lab.

Some of the 'assisted evolution' coral in the lab. Source: AP

Scientists are trying to speed up coral's evolutionary clock to build reefs that can better withstand the impacts of global warming.



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