Using boats with existing routes along the Great Barrier Reef, a new citizen science project hopes to preserve one of the world’s most treasured places. The Great Barrier Reef has been affected by coral bleaching for years, but the hope that one of the natural world’s greatest wonders can be saved is growing. Part of a new wave of tourism operators focusing on the reef’s sustained health is environmentalist Andy Ridley, founder and CEO of @citizensgbr. In late 2020, he assembled what he calls a “motley flotilla” of any vessel he could find—from tour and dive boats to yachts and tugboats—to form the Great Reef Census. Using underwater cameras, participants on board document coral and marine life, then upload their images so that scientists around the world can make informed decisions about the health and future care of the larger reef. 🔗 Keep reading about it at the link in bio. 📷: @tomhegen.de Bright idea: The Great Reef Census 🌱 👨‍👨‍👧‍👦 🦏