{"id":23040,"date":"2016-10-10T18:07:35","date_gmt":"2016-10-10T18:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/Jacques-Cousteaus-grandson-is-3D-printing-coral-reefs"},"modified":"2016-10-10T18:07:35","modified_gmt":"2016-10-10T18:07:35","slug":"jacques-cousteaus-grandson-is-3d-printing-coral-reefs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/2016\/10\/10\/jacques-cousteaus-grandson-is-3d-printing-coral-reefs\/","title":{"rendered":"Jacques Cousteau\u2019s grandson is 3D printing coral reefs"},"content":{"rendered":"        \n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/files\/NewImage-177.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Originally shared by Adafruit Industries<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jacques Cousteau\u2019s grandson is 3D printing coral reefs<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.adafruit.com\/2016\/10\/10\/jacques-cousteaus-grandson-is-3d-printing-coral-reefs\/\">https:\/\/blog.adafruit.com\/2016\/10\/10\/jacques-cousteaus-grandson-is-3d-printing-coral-reefs\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Via Smithsonian<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Climate change, water pollution and fishing practices have been decimating coral reefs for decades, threatening the ecosystem that\u2019s home to 25 percent of all marine species. Within the next 15 years, nearly three quarters of all reefs will likely be damaged or destroyed.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Scientists have long been searching for ways to help repair these delicate living structures. They\u2019ve replanted reefs, using both natural and artificial materials. They\u2019ve tried replacing reefs\u2019 algae with stronger varieties. They\u2019ve even used electric current to help stimulate coral growth. Lately, they\u2019ve been working with one of the technology community\u2019s current darlings, 3D printing. Printed reefs can closely mimic natural ones, providing a home for baby coral to take root and grow. The process is still in its infancy\u2014in 2012, the first 3D printed reefs were sunk in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Bahrain, where the existing reefs had been badly damaged. Similar projects are in the works around the world.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read more<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.adafruit.com\/2016\/10\/10\/jacques-cousteaus-grandson-is-3d-printing-coral-reefs\/\">https:\/\/blog.adafruit.com\/2016\/10\/10\/jacques-cousteaus-grandson-is-3d-printing-coral-reefs\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n      ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>        Jacques Cousteau\u2019s grandson is 3D printing coral reefs<br \/>\n       <a href=\"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/2016\/10\/10\/jacques-cousteaus-grandson-is-3d-printing-coral-reefs\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[93],"tags":[94],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23040"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23040\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/csidemedia.com\/mikerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}