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A group of Australian marine scientists believe that altering clouds might offer one of the best hopes for saving the Great Barrier Reef.

For the last six months, researchers at the Sydney Institute of Marine Science and the University of Sydney School of Geosciences have been meeting regularly to explore the possibility of making low-lying clouds off the northeastern coast of Australia more reflective in order to cool the waters surrounding the world’s biggest coral reef system. 

Image: A scientist surveys bleaching damage on the Great Barrier Reef. TANE SINCLAIR-TAYLOR | ARC CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE CORAL REEF STUDIES