How to Save Corals on The Great Barrier Reef

The Great Barrier Reef is considered one of the most beautiful natural wonders of the world. Every year Australia sees a huge influx of tourists interested in seeing the corals. Unfortunately the reef has been fighting for survival. Multiple environmental disturbances in recent years have made it difficult for the coral to thrive as they once did.

The Crown of Thorns Starfish is the latest enemy that the coral reef has been battling. Scientists have been working on different methods to solve the issue of the starfish destroying the coral without affecting the delicate ecosystem underwater. Some chemicals were found effective against the crown of thorns starfish, but the process was tedious to ensure that no other sea life was affected by it.

Then came the solution in a rather unexpected manner. The savior of the coral reef sits humbly on a shelf in your kitchen. Apparently regular vinegar can help with the menace of crown of thorns starfish while not causing a detrimental effect on anything else. This little science project showed that the vinegar simply gets too diluted to be of any real danger to anything else on the reef after it has been poured on to the starfish.