Scientists once feared they were gone forever. The bleaching events of the 2020s stripped whole reef systems bare, leaving behind white bones of calcium carbonate where color had once exploded. But life is stubborn. And so are the people who love it. In this imagined future, marine restoration teams work alongside AI-assisted monitoring networks — tracking water temperature, coral spawn cycles, algae balance. Nurseries planted with heat-resistant coral varieties. Partnerships between fishing c
