Innovation

How a Tiny Robot Could Help Save Coral Reefs

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Scientists are teaming up to create new, innovative ways to fight coral reef loss.

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Researching coral reefs is often low-tech: scuba tanks, waterproof paper, pencils, spreadsheets.

“Underwater, we’re very practical,” Emily Darling, a marine ecologist and conservation scientist with the Wildlife Conservation Society, told The Daily Beast.

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