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Thisgivesthem a hugenumberofdatapoints, whichtheyusedtobuild a detailedmapofthearea.
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Humanplantercandoabouttwoacres a day.
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Itcantaketwoyearstogrowtreesin a nursery, whichistimetheseforestsjustdon't have.
Iftheseareasareleftwithouthavingtreesplantedimmediatelyafter a fire, invasivespeciesquicklymovein, changingthelandscapeandmakinggrowthoftreesmuchharder.
Atinthenext 30 years, ifwenotdoanythingsmorethan 95% offthecoralreefsaroundtheworld, we'llbeindangers.
On a smallisland 140 kilometresfromBangkok, a teamofbiologistsworkingonwaystorestorecoralreefsdamagedbyglobalwarming, theoceanabsorbsmuchoftheheattrappedbygreenhousegases.
Since 1993 therateofoceanwarminghasmorethandoubled.
GeneticsChallengeandherteamhavedevelopedartificialfertilizationtechniqueson a massscaleduringthespawningseasonbetweenJanuaryandMarch, theycollecteggsandspermfromseveralcoralcoloniesandbringthemuponlandtofertilizeintheirhatchery.