Scientists using artificial intelligence and underwater scooters to assess reef health after global warming sparked bleaching that killed a very large number of the planet’s shallow-water corals have found surprisingly healthy reefs off Indonesia.

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The future of coral reefs depends on finding reefs “that are most likely to survive until global warming is brought under control,” said Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, a University of Queensland, chief scientist of the initiative.

 

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