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Revision as of 16:08, 21 October 2019
Coral Reefs by the Numbers
Diversity
25
Percent of marine life depend on coral reefs
Value
375
billion dollars per year in goods and services provided to the world economy[2]
Death
30
Percent of Reefs Lost From Bleaching Events To Date
Our Project
Inspiration & Description
Save The Coral
Using Synthetic Biology to Protect Our Reefs
The inspiration behind our project was the Netflix documentary Chasing Coral. At a glance we want to transform the microalgal symbiote of coral, Symbiodinium to overcome the overarching issue of coral bleaching. We first did some research into seeing what causes corals to bleach and consequently die off.
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