«This is an optimistic message because this is something we can go out and through concerted effort try to fix,» Kim Cobb, a coral reef researcher at Georgia Tech who wasn't involved with the study, told Earther. (earther.com)
As coral reef researcher Terry Hughes, lead author of a recent study that showed the dire condition of the Great Barrier Reef, said on Twitter, «We're not going to fix the challenge of climate change for coral reefs by killing a few starfish in Queensland.» (businessinsider.com)
And Great Barrier Reef researchers recently announced that they'd successfully repopulated parts of the reef by collecting coral eggs and sperm, growing coral larvae, and replanting those larvae in protected sites on the reef. (businessinsider.com)