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Electricity Sparks New Life into Indonesia's Corals

Loic Vennin, AFP
Source: Discovery News [1]
December 26, 2011

"A weak, harmless voltage run through metallic structures underwater is reviving near-dead reefs.

Cyanide fishing and rising water temperatures had decimated corals off Bali until a diver inspired by a German scientist's pioneering work on organic architecture helped develop a project now replicated worldwide.

Based on ""Biorock" technology, it is implemented in 20 countries, mainly in Southeast Asia, the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Pacific."

To read the full text of the article, click here [2].

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[2] http://news.discovery.com/tech/electricity-coral-reefs-biorock-111226.html