How Scientists Turn The Ocean Into A Controlled Laboratory

Manipulating the acidity where a reef lives gives us a window into the effects of climate change. When marine biologist David Kline, of Australia’s University of Queensland, set out for Heron Island in the Great Barrier Reef, he and his team were determined to help answer a pressing question: How will rising acidity from climate change affect coral reefs? So they brought along their Coral Proto FOCE, the first device that lets scientists manipulate acidity in a reef’s natural envir...