'A beautiful milestone': coral grown in Great Barrier Reef nursery spawns for first time

Researchers hope corals grown from fragments that had survived bleaching will tolerate future marine heatwavesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastCorals grown in an offshore "coral nursery" at Fitzroy Island on the Great Barrier Reef have spawned for the first time, four years after being planted.A team at the Reef Restoration Foundation has observed Acropora corals, each about 1 metre in diameter, spawning at the island's Welcome Bay nursery site.Sign up for Guardian Australia's free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...