{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/0185cea5-9e3b-4b82-a887-26f91f92765f/7f09a732-440a-4969-b75a-4bdccb995e1e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Audio long-read: Can artificially altered clouds save the Great Barrier Reef?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b9f3b71a8cbe675f3cedcb/61b9f4097701000015817d28.jpg?height=200","description":"<p>Australian scientists are developing new technologies to help protect coral from climate change.</p><p><br></p><p>Earlier this year, a team of researchers used a mist-machine to artificially brighten clouds in order to block sunlight above Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. The project is the world’s first field trial of marine cloud brightening and is among a number of techniques and technologies being developed to save the country’s reefs from the worst effects of climate change.</p><p><br></p><p>This is an audio version of our feature: <a href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-02290-3?utm_source=naturepod&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_campaign=shownotes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Can artificially altered clouds save the Great Barrier Reef?</a></p>","author_name":"Springer Nature Limited"}