From medicine drones to coral cleaners: 3 ‘jobs of the future’ that are already here

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Victoria Masterson, Senior Writer, Formative Content 97 million new roles will be created by 2025 as humans, machines and algorithms increasingly work together, the World Economic Forum predicts. But for some, the future of work is already here. […]

Growing a new coral reef in a fraction of the time with a fragment of the coral

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Sean Fleming, Senior Writer, Formative Content It can take 25 years to regrow a coral reef. But over the next 20 years, we could lose 90% of all coral reefs. This start-up has a bold plan to cut […]

‘Undersea gardeners’ are restoring Jamaica’s lost coral reefs

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Douglas Broom, Senior Writer, Formative Content Jamaica lost 85% of its reefs due to a hurricane, pollution, overfishing and boat damage. “Coral gardeners” are helping to restore the reefs by growing young corals in “nurseries.” Sea urchins and […]

This is why coral reefs are so vital for the planet

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Johnny Wood, Senior Writer, Formative Content Beneath the ocean’s surface, colourful islands covered in algae are working hard to help the marine environment. Although they look more like plants or rocks, corals are animals that are essential for the […]

Meet the robot fighting back against coral reef destruction

This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Kate Whiting, Senior Writer, Formative Content Covered with toxic spines, it has multiple arms and is capable of regeneration. With a voracious appetite, it expels its stomach out of its mouth to eat, leaving just skeletons in its […]

National parks transformed conservation. Now we need to do the same for the ocean

This article is brought to you thanks to the strategic cooperation of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Douglas McCauley, Assistant Professor, Department Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California Santa Barbara Parks on land host some of the world’s most famous conservation successes. Consider Yellowstone National Park, which was the world’s first national […]

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