Reefinement: Using design and science to support reef ecology

Coral reefs around the world are under threat from climate change, and researchers are looking for solutions.

One such researcher is Beth O’Sullivan, an Honours student at the ANU School of Art and Design (SoAD) who is looking for an environmental-friendly solution to coral reef restoration practices which often use concrete.

Beth has researched and developed a new, environmentally friendly, low CO2 emission biomaterial that has the potential to be used as a settlement substrate for small-scale localised, reef restoration and recovery.