The coral reefs are in trouble. This means ocean life and our lives will be intensely impacted. With all that can be affected by sound therapy, I became curious about how sound could support regenerating the coral reefs. I found that sound is being used to regenerate the coral reefs through a process called Acoustic Enrichment. The process uses underwater soundscapes to attract fish and coral back to the dead reefs. While they are finding success with this process, I dug deeper to find other questions and implications that pertain to the health of coral reefs- can Acoustic Enrichment help with these implications as well? This paper explains the process of Acoustic Enrichment as a sound therapy to regenerate reefs and explores its limitations and possibilities.
Regenerating Coral Reefs Through Sound Therapy