{"id":43907,"date":"2024-11-20T16:03:22","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T15:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/e0189dcb-5ad8-49fa-a700-421a5d95a812"},"modified":"2024-11-20T17:27:32","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T16:27:32","slug":"the-largest-spawning-event-on-earth-is-about-to-happen-heres-what-it-will-look-like","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/rss_feed\/the-largest-spawning-event-on-earth-is-about-to-happen-heres-what-it-will-look-like\/","title":{"rendered":"The largest spawning event on Earth is about to happen – here’s what it will look like"},"content":{"rendered":"

The astonishing wildlife spectacle takes place every year on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia \u2013 and it’s utterly magical. <\/p>

By Melissa Hobson\n <\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 20 November 2024 at 15:03 PM<\/p>

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The largest spawning event on the planet is due to take place on Thursday night as scientists expect the Great Barrier Reef to give birth to the next generation of corals<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>

Researchers from the\u00a0Australian Institute of Marine Science<\/a>\u00a0will be using this opportunity to scale up restoration efforts of the reef. They will be going out onto the reef in Cairns and Port Douglas to teach tourism operators how to grow baby corals using a technique called\u00a0Coral IVF<\/a>.<\/p>

\u201cThis is critical for the recovery of our reef off the back of the worst summer on record, when it endured the most widespread mass coral bleaching event to date, two cyclones and widespread flooding,\u201d says the\u00a0Great Barrier Reef Foundation.<\/a><\/p>

Coral spawning 2023 – day one\/Stuart Ireland, Calypso Productions <\/figcaption> <\/figure>
Coral spawning 2023 – day two\/Stuart Ireland, Calypso Productions <\/figcaption> <\/figure>

Main image: 2023 soft corals spawning\/Calypso Productions<\/em><\/p>

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