TERMS like “triage” and “transplant” are usually the stuff of hospital emergency rooms. Now the same phrases are turning up in an entirely different context as conservationists struggle to repair the damage done by human neglect and natural disasters to coral reefs, some of the oldest and most diverse ecosystems on Earth.
Great swathes of the world’s reefs are in a desperate state after years of damage, and marine conservationists are fighting to provide the necessary intensive care. One approach they are taking to repair and rebuild them is to send down divers to literally glue the damaged reefs back together, using coral nurtured in large…
