These divers are killing a beautiful coral to save Brazil's marine life
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Marine biologist Adriana Gomes and volunteer divers are removing invasive sun coral colonies from waters around the Cagarras Islands, a protected marine area designated a Hope Spot off Rio de Janeiro. Sun coral, native to the Indo-Pacific and spreading at 2 kilometers per year along 3,500 kilometers of Brazil's coast since the 1980s, outcompetes native species and releases chemicals that harm brain and star corals.
Manual removal is labor-intensive; the invasive species continues to spread across most of Brazil's coast.
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