What's up, sunshine?
This is CNN 10, and today, a massive reef showing signs of life.
We begin down under with some encouraging news from one of the natural wonders of the world, Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
The marine marvel is the world's largest coral reef system, more than400 miles long, roughly the size of Italy or Japan.
And after devastating coral losses, scientists are seeing early signs of recovery from recent bleaching events that resulted in record levels of coral loss.
Researchers with the Australian Institute of Marine Science surveyed hard coral coverage, a key indicator of health for the reefs across more than 120 individual reefs over the last year.
They found coverage remained steady or even increased slightly across the reef's three main regions with some areas actually growing at an above average pace.
That's happy news after mass bleaching events in 2024 and 2025 that ravaged parts of the reef.
So, what helped?
Apparently, mother nature turned down the thermostat.
A late season typhoon brought extra clouds and rain, helping cool ocean temperatures.
And scientists believe that is keeping heat stress off the reef.
And that matters because it's unusual warm waters that's the main driver of mass coral bleaching.
Here's your knowledge bomb.
Coral gets a lot of its color and food from tiny algae living inside it.
When water gets too hot, coral can get stressed, expel the algae.
That's bleaching, and that can lead to the collapse of an entire ecosystem.
Researchers say these newest findings show that reefs still have the capacity to recover when given the chance.
But factors like continued warming could threaten that recovery.
So problem not completely solved.
It's more like the patient is responding and that is worth watching.
The Great Barrier Reef isn't the only one feeling the impact in recent years.
In French Polynesia, one team is taking action to head off this threat with a series of extensive coral nurseries.
Arbajan Hoseni got the chance to dive in literally with Coral Gardeners, an organization dedicated to reef restoration as part of the Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative.
This is a morning commute I could get used to.
Geared up in the crew uniform.
>> I mean, you I feel ready.
>> I'm catching a ride on the unmistakable black boats of Coral Garders, a fixture on the lagoon surrounding Mora.
It's mid August, which is the busiest time of year for their reef restoration team.
>> This is your office.
I don't think I've ever seen water this clear.
How often are you out here?
>> Uh, every day.
>> Coral gardener Tyano and reef restoration manager Hono have brought me to Thaya.
It's the largest of seven nursery sites that they manage across French Polynesia.
>> Welcome to our main nursery.
That's where we have mostly the all the corals that we harvest in the water.
So, get them grow big enough to outplant them back onto a damage reef.
>> And is that what these guys are doing over here?
Are they out planting right now?
>> Exactly.
There is a part of the team who are outplanting some of the big corals that we have.
>> Every July through October before the summer heat and humidity kick in.
>> Let's go.
Woo.
They spend most days collecting coral nurtured for up to 2 years in their nurseries and then they attach them back on the nearby reef.
But this season has added pressure with a potentially record-breaking El Nino arriving here in just a few months.
They're hoping to super boost the reef by outplanting more heat resilient coral than ever before.
>> Pretty amazing though, >> man.
It's an underground city.
>> You said how much coverage now?
Uh we started at 20 20% coverage.
Right now we at 55% coverage.
>> How long will it take to get to 100 >> years and years?
>> They've been restoring the site since 2020.
So it's taken nearly 7 years and surviving 2024's global mass bleaching event to get to this point.
It's a practice in patience and perseverance, but it is working.
>> But you're right.
Just just by putting the coral out there, you see all the life >> that you've given home to.
>> One thing is clear, there is no rest for the weary here.
And the guys are now teaching me how to fragment coral in order to refill the nursery.
>> Suffice to say, I'm going to need a lot more practice.
The coral is so fragile, so it's scar, you know, you're worried that you're going to chop off too much or chisel off too much.
Also, it's just it takes so much patience, but you're also running out of breath, so you got to make sure that you're keeping your body calm, man.
It's hard work.
>> And then these guys make it look easy.
>> Each fragment is tied to a rope.
>> It's harder than it looks.
>> Each rope gets 15 fragments.
>> That's good.
Look at that one.
>> That's good.
That's good.
>> And this rope we've adopted as our own.
I'll be back to check up on the progress of the coral on our rope, but I'll leave its care to the professionals and hope for the best in the coming months.
>> What happens if it is a really really strong El Nino and and you do lose some coral?
What happens after that?
>> Me, I want to say, you know, it's nature is the winner most of the time.
So, we just going to adapt ourselves >> and you learn from it, don't you?
>> Exactly.
You know, we are practitioners.
We try, we fail, we adapt, we improve.
And if it works, that's good.
But if it's more in the DNA proper uh research, we're going to need everybody's heads to to help on that.
Tick tick tick 10.
Second trivia.
Diesel fuel gets its name from a type of tree, a German inventor, a city in France, or a mineral.
If you said a German inventor, you fueled your brain.
Engineer Rudolph Diesel developed the compression ignition engine in the late 1800s.
Unlike a gas engine, diesel engines don't need a spark plug to ignite its fuel.
Wonder if he's related to VIN diesel.
Most of us probably don't drive a diesel powered car, but record diesel prices can still reach our wallets.
Diesel fuel prices have reached an all-time high, according to AAA.
Lots of industries rely on this critical resource, diesel, for their day-to-day operations.
It powers farm equipment, trains, cargo ships, and delivery trucks around the world.
That means when diesel prices rise, so can everything from our groceries and our cupboards to our household goods and more.
This year alone, prices for diesel have surged 83%.
AAA's national diesel average is currently about $6.52 a gallon, nearly three bucks higher than a year ago.
And for farmers, some say they are trying to balance rising expenses with prices customers can still afford.
Today's story getting a 10 out of 10.
A musical malfunction turning into a moment of resilience and becoming a seriously impressive solo.
Renowned trumpeter Dr.
Jesse Magcguire is no stranger to the national anthem.
The storyried musician has played the Star Spangled Banner at some of sport's biggest events in front of three different presidents.
But during his recent performance before an Arizona Diamondbacks baseball game, disaster appeared to strike when his horn stopped working mid anthem.
But some quick thinking and nerves of steel turned every musician's worst nightmare into an iconic moment.
Dr.
Magguire grabbed a mic and sang the rest of the anthem himself and absolutely nailed it.
>> The clip has become a viral sensation and a reminder that sometimes it's not our mistakes that define us, but how we choose to overcome them.
We had the chance to catch up with Dr.
Magguire to talk about what was going through his mind during that now famous moment.
Take a look.
>> When the valve locks up, I'm going, "Oh god, no.
Not here.
Not please, not here." And I'm still trying to work to get this valve, you know, freed up on this $20,000 goldplated Monet trumpet and it wouldn't budge.
And I had to figure out something to do.
And I had 5 seconds from the time the valve stuck and I figured that it it it wasn't coming up to pick up a microphone and started to sing.
Luckily for me, I know all four verses of the Star Spangle Banner vocally.
So, it it it was it was pretty seamless, I think.
Because there's someone watching right now who's going to freeze on a test, miss a shot, or glitch during a presentation or interview.
>> You know that they have their version of their trumpet stop working.
What do you want them to remember in that moment?
>> Stay calm.
Always have a backup plan.
Always.
And no matter what, no matter the adversity, press through that.
Always press through.
That was a press for me because it had never happened.
And it was it was such a shock to my to my physical body.
I felt like I stuck my hand in a light socket.
It was that shocking.
But I stayed calm, you know.
I stayed calm and I stayed cool and I kept at it.
So don't ever quit.
Don't ever give up.
>> Your instrument stopped working, but you didn't.
And somehow you and that broken trumpet became instruments of inspiration for people around the world.
right here as well.
Or the land and of the free >> of the free and the home of the brave.
>> Yes.
Rise up.
Shout out time.
Now, this one goes to I'll have our aspiring journalist at Chaffen Middle School in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Shiloh, and all of our future reporters.
Keep up the great work.
Stay curious, ask thoughtful questions, and never bury the lead.
That is our 10.
Remember, like Dr.
Jesse Magcguire showed us, when the plan breaks, you don't have to.
Sometimes some of our greatest moments come right after something goes wrong.
I'm Koi Wire and we are CNN 10.
This is CNN 10, and today, a massive reef showing signs of life.
We begin down under with some encouraging news from one of the natural wonders of the world, Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
The marine marvel is the world's largest coral reef system, more than400 miles long, roughly the size of Italy or Japan.
And after devastating coral losses, scientists are seeing early signs of recovery from recent bleaching events that resulted in record levels of coral loss.
Researchers with the Australian Institute of Marine Science surveyed hard coral coverage, a key indicator of health for the reefs across more than 120 individual reefs over the last year.
They found coverage remained steady or even increased slightly across the reef's three main regions with some areas actually growing at an above average pace.
That's happy news after mass bleaching events in 2024 and 2025 that ravaged parts of the reef.
So, what helped?
Apparently, mother nature turned down the thermostat.
A late season typhoon brought extra clouds and rain, helping cool ocean temperatures.
And scientists believe that is keeping heat stress off the reef.
And that matters because it's unusual warm waters that's the main driver of mass coral bleaching.
Here's your knowledge bomb.
Coral gets a lot of its color and food from tiny algae living inside it.
When water gets too hot, coral can get stressed, expel the algae.
That's bleaching, and that can lead to the collapse of an entire ecosystem.
Researchers say these newest findings show that reefs still have the capacity to recover when given the chance.
But factors like continued warming could threaten that recovery.
So problem not completely solved.
It's more like the patient is responding and that is worth watching.
The Great Barrier Reef isn't the only one feeling the impact in recent years.
In French Polynesia, one team is taking action to head off this threat with a series of extensive coral nurseries.
Arbajan Hoseni got the chance to dive in literally with Coral Gardeners, an organization dedicated to reef restoration as part of the Rolex Perpetual Planet Initiative.
This is a morning commute I could get used to.
Geared up in the crew uniform.
>> I mean, you I feel ready.
>> I'm catching a ride on the unmistakable black boats of Coral Garders, a fixture on the lagoon surrounding Mora.
It's mid August, which is the busiest time of year for their reef restoration team.
>> This is your office.
I don't think I've ever seen water this clear.
How often are you out here?
>> Uh, every day.
>> Coral gardener Tyano and reef restoration manager Hono have brought me to Thaya.
It's the largest of seven nursery sites that they manage across French Polynesia.
>> Welcome to our main nursery.
That's where we have mostly the all the corals that we harvest in the water.
So, get them grow big enough to outplant them back onto a damage reef.
>> And is that what these guys are doing over here?
Are they out planting right now?
>> Exactly.
There is a part of the team who are outplanting some of the big corals that we have.
>> Every July through October before the summer heat and humidity kick in.
>> Let's go.
Woo.
They spend most days collecting coral nurtured for up to 2 years in their nurseries and then they attach them back on the nearby reef.
But this season has added pressure with a potentially record-breaking El Nino arriving here in just a few months.
They're hoping to super boost the reef by outplanting more heat resilient coral than ever before.
>> Pretty amazing though, >> man.
It's an underground city.
>> You said how much coverage now?
Uh we started at 20 20% coverage.
Right now we at 55% coverage.
>> How long will it take to get to 100 >> years and years?
>> They've been restoring the site since 2020.
So it's taken nearly 7 years and surviving 2024's global mass bleaching event to get to this point.
It's a practice in patience and perseverance, but it is working.
>> But you're right.
Just just by putting the coral out there, you see all the life >> that you've given home to.
>> One thing is clear, there is no rest for the weary here.
And the guys are now teaching me how to fragment coral in order to refill the nursery.
>> Suffice to say, I'm going to need a lot more practice.
The coral is so fragile, so it's scar, you know, you're worried that you're going to chop off too much or chisel off too much.
Also, it's just it takes so much patience, but you're also running out of breath, so you got to make sure that you're keeping your body calm, man.
It's hard work.
>> And then these guys make it look easy.
>> Each fragment is tied to a rope.
>> It's harder than it looks.
>> Each rope gets 15 fragments.
>> That's good.
Look at that one.
>> That's good.
That's good.
>> And this rope we've adopted as our own.
I'll be back to check up on the progress of the coral on our rope, but I'll leave its care to the professionals and hope for the best in the coming months.
>> What happens if it is a really really strong El Nino and and you do lose some coral?
What happens after that?
>> Me, I want to say, you know, it's nature is the winner most of the time.
So, we just going to adapt ourselves >> and you learn from it, don't you?
>> Exactly.
You know, we are practitioners.
We try, we fail, we adapt, we improve.
And if it works, that's good.
But if it's more in the DNA proper uh research, we're going to need everybody's heads to to help on that.
Tick tick tick 10.
Second trivia.
Diesel fuel gets its name from a type of tree, a German inventor, a city in France, or a mineral.
If you said a German inventor, you fueled your brain.
Engineer Rudolph Diesel developed the compression ignition engine in the late 1800s.
Unlike a gas engine, diesel engines don't need a spark plug to ignite its fuel.
Wonder if he's related to VIN diesel.
Most of us probably don't drive a diesel powered car, but record diesel prices can still reach our wallets.
Diesel fuel prices have reached an all-time high, according to AAA.
Lots of industries rely on this critical resource, diesel, for their day-to-day operations.
It powers farm equipment, trains, cargo ships, and delivery trucks around the world.
That means when diesel prices rise, so can everything from our groceries and our cupboards to our household goods and more.
This year alone, prices for diesel have surged 83%.
AAA's national diesel average is currently about $6.52 a gallon, nearly three bucks higher than a year ago.
And for farmers, some say they are trying to balance rising expenses with prices customers can still afford.
Today's story getting a 10 out of 10.
A musical malfunction turning into a moment of resilience and becoming a seriously impressive solo.
Renowned trumpeter Dr.
Jesse Magcguire is no stranger to the national anthem.
The storyried musician has played the Star Spangled Banner at some of sport's biggest events in front of three different presidents.
But during his recent performance before an Arizona Diamondbacks baseball game, disaster appeared to strike when his horn stopped working mid anthem.
But some quick thinking and nerves of steel turned every musician's worst nightmare into an iconic moment.
Dr.
Magguire grabbed a mic and sang the rest of the anthem himself and absolutely nailed it.
>> The clip has become a viral sensation and a reminder that sometimes it's not our mistakes that define us, but how we choose to overcome them.
We had the chance to catch up with Dr.
Magguire to talk about what was going through his mind during that now famous moment.
Take a look.
>> When the valve locks up, I'm going, "Oh god, no.
Not here.
Not please, not here." And I'm still trying to work to get this valve, you know, freed up on this $20,000 goldplated Monet trumpet and it wouldn't budge.
And I had to figure out something to do.
And I had 5 seconds from the time the valve stuck and I figured that it it it wasn't coming up to pick up a microphone and started to sing.
Luckily for me, I know all four verses of the Star Spangle Banner vocally.
So, it it it was it was pretty seamless, I think.
Because there's someone watching right now who's going to freeze on a test, miss a shot, or glitch during a presentation or interview.
>> You know that they have their version of their trumpet stop working.
What do you want them to remember in that moment?
>> Stay calm.
Always have a backup plan.
Always.
And no matter what, no matter the adversity, press through that.
Always press through.
That was a press for me because it had never happened.
And it was it was such a shock to my to my physical body.
I felt like I stuck my hand in a light socket.
It was that shocking.
But I stayed calm, you know.
I stayed calm and I stayed cool and I kept at it.
So don't ever quit.
Don't ever give up.
>> Your instrument stopped working, but you didn't.
And somehow you and that broken trumpet became instruments of inspiration for people around the world.
right here as well.
Or the land and of the free >> of the free and the home of the brave.
>> Yes.
Rise up.
Shout out time.
Now, this one goes to I'll have our aspiring journalist at Chaffen Middle School in Fort Smith, Arkansas, Shiloh, and all of our future reporters.
Keep up the great work.
Stay curious, ask thoughtful questions, and never bury the lead.
That is our 10.
Remember, like Dr.
Jesse Magcguire showed us, when the plan breaks, you don't have to.
Sometimes some of our greatest moments come right after something goes wrong.
I'm Koi Wire and we are CNN 10.