Staghorn coral samples taken for restoration program.

Dive center owner George Gross, working with the Bahamas National Trust, clips a tiny sample of staghorn coral for study. The sample will be used to test which strains will stand up best to the effects of climate change. Those strains will then be used for coral restoration programs throughout the Bahamas.

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Dive center owner George Gross, working with the Bahamas National Trust, clips a tiny sample of staghorn coral for study. The sample will be used to test which strains will stand up best to the effects of climate change. Those strains will then be used for coral restoration programs throughout the Bahamas.