Wednesday 26 August 2020

Hong Kong's terracotta tile army marches to the rescue for coral

Hong Kong's terracotta tile army marches to the rescue for coral

In 2018, a super-typhoon destroyed 80% of the corals in Hoi Ha Wan bay off the Sai Kung peninsula in Hong Kong. In the city’s strongest storm since records began, winds reached 155mph (250km/h) and battered the reefs, leaving behind mostly scattered debris and broken coral skeletons. A few coral species survived, but these will likely take decades to regrow to their former state.

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