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Palau is a small Pacific-island nation that sits 930 miles east of the Philippines CREDIT: MIKHAIL FLORES /AFP
September 16, 2020
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In an effort to determine what organisms live in the Palau National Marine Sanctuary (PNMS), the Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) will be using new technology called Environmental DNA (eDNA), according to the PNMS update published the beginning of this month. The approach, which involves collecting large water samples to study bits of DNA left over from organisms, is meant to test the effectiveness of the protected area,...

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