The fate of the Florida Reef Tract has seemed dire lately, but a scientific breakthrough at the Florida Aquarium might be able to turn things around. The aquarium in Tampa has just facilitated the spawning of a group of endangered Atlantic pillar coral for two days in a row, which is the first time this has ever happened in a lab setting.
While on a small scale this may seem insignificant, it could actually go a long way toward saving North America’s only barrier reef from extinction by repopulating the reef with juvenile corals raised in a lab.
