{"id":87137,"date":"2020-01-27T15:54:42","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T10:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=13329"},"modified":"2020-01-27T15:54:42","modified_gmt":"2020-01-27T10:24:42","slug":"india-begins-coral-restoration-in-gulf-of-kachchh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-begins-coral-restoration-in-gulf-of-kachchh\/","title":{"rendered":"India begins coral restoration in Gulf of Kachchh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News: <\/strong>The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), with help from Gujarat\u2019s forest department, is attempting for the first time a process to restore coral reefs using biorock or mineral accretion technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About biorock or mineral accretion technology<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Biorock is the substance formed by electro-accumulation of minerals dissolved in seawater.<\/li><li>The technology works by passing a small amount of electrical current through electrodes in the water<\/li><li>As a result of the process, calcium carbonate is formed and coral larvae adhere to the CaCO3 and grow quickly.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional Information:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Corals and Coral Reefs in India<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Corals are small (0.25-12 inches), soft-bodied marine organisms.<\/li><li>They live in colonies called reefs that they build using a limestone skeleton (calicle) lying at their base.<\/li><li>&nbsp;In India, coral reefs are located in 7 regions: Goa coast, Kerala coast, Palk Bay, Gulf of Kucch, Gulf of Mannar, Lakshadweep islands, Andaman and Nicobar islands.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/bBaNf909lP5Rxhdp55XV03t4NUujaHfmhQVaBJn8j-mDpMgb7pywxutVTbNFtHwZdF9s0A2A1ACGvzeaiiw4qsy28iQiF8KSU3SLfzb8xCcHexKKEzj0U2qw4RafwSSgrE8ShB7Z\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), with help from Gujarat\u2019s forest department, is attempting for the first time a process to restore coral reefs using biorock or mineral accretion technology. Facts: About biorock or mineral accretion technology Biorock is the substance formed by electro-accumulation of minerals dissolved in seawater. The technology works by passing&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-begins-coral-restoration-in-gulf-of-kachchh\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India begins coral restoration in Gulf of Kachchh<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4182],"tags":[4881,575],"class_list":["post-87137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-environment","tag-biorock","tag-coral-reefs","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700425846},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87137\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}