“Deep coral reefs occur throughout the world and generally ... I’m piloting a camera-fitted ROV at the Diamond Islets in the Coral Sea off the coast of eastern Australia.

is nurturing more than 120 rescued local coral fragments, which will be deployed on Middle Island in Deep Water Bay. There, the project aims to rebuild 20 square metres of reefs in three years.

The year with the highest average sea surface temperature on record was 2022, which was associated with a strong negative Indian Ocean Dipole event and mass coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef .