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In the article, “Great Barrier Reef: Making clouds brighter could help to curb coral bleaching, scientists say” written by Fiona Ellis-Jones, Great Barrier Reef is located off the coast of Queensland in northeastern Australia. Sydney Institute of Marine Science researchers have a plan to help save the corals by “alter the clouds above the reef in a bitd to save the delicate coral communities below” (Jones, 2017). Scientist conclusion to saving the corals is using Marine cloud brightening method. A marine cloud brightening is the process of making larger and more reflective clouds over the ocean to cool the water underneath. By doing so, this method “relies on propelling a fine mist of salt particles high into the atmosphere to increase the