Question-World’s largest 3D-printed reef installed in which of the following island?
(a)Solomon
(b)Maldives
(c)Lakshadweep
(d)Andaman and Nicobar
Answer-(b)
Related facts-
- World’s largest 3D-printed reef has been installed in Maldives. It is a new technology-driven method to help the coral reefs to survive in a warm climate.
- The artificial reef was submerged at Summer Island’s ‘Blue Lagoon’ (a sandy part of the lagoon) where to create a new coral reef ecosystem.
- The next part was the most crucial: to transplant live coral within the artificial outgrowths.
Why it is required-
- Bleaching poses the most danger threat to corals, which is plentiful in the Pacific Ocean.
- 3D-printing technology hopes to provide safety for corals against threat like, increasing temperatures of water bodies and disposal of chemical wastes in oceans etc.
- The imitation of Complexity of natural reef structures is done by this technology, so as to design artificial reefs that resemble those found in nature.
References-
https://www.3dprintingmedia.network/largest-3d-printed-coral-reef-maldives/