I'm 16 and Trying to Save Coral Reefs with Open-Source Symbiotic Biotech
Hi HN! I'm a 16-year-old student from Kazakhstan and I recently dove deep into a problem that shook me: coral reefs are dying faster than we're reacting.Most existing solutions focus on reducing CO₂ or replanting corals — but what if we could go deeper? What if we could rethink coral biology from the ground up?---## The ProblemCorals are not just pretty rocks. They are complex *symbiotic ecosystems*, especially with tiny algae called *zooxanthellae*. These algae live inside coral tissue and pro...
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