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Jeremy Simmons, London Zoo’s senior aquarist, puts coral into the Tiny Giants’ main tank. Photograph: Antonio Olmos/The Observer
May 20, 2021
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This weekend, conservationists will put the final touches to a giant artificial reef they are assembling at London zoo. Samples of the planet’s most spectacular corals...will be added to the giant tank along with fish that thrive in their presence...The aim of the new gallery goes beyond merely demonstrating the wonder and glory of coral reefs, however. It will also showcase the research that is now being carried out in a bid to halt the destruction of the world’s reefs as global heating warms the oceans...

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