Oceans
Innovation is essential if we are to protect and restore our oceans. At the Ocean Race Summit in Genoa I spoke about some exciting sustainable solutions. A newly discovered coral fragmentation method reduces coral reef regeneration time from 75 years to just three. Plastic Bank is working with low-income communities to turn plastic recycling into livelihoods, labelling it ‘social plastic’ to attract consumers support. Seagrass protection and restoration is a new priority, since it absorbs carbon 35 times faster than tropical forests. And researchers at Adelaide University have invented nano-scale magnetic springs that dissolve microplastics. Solutions to scale.
— Wayne Visser
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