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Can we save the world's coral?

Can we save the world's coral?

The Climate Question vor 4 Monaten

Corals protect human and marine life. Can scientists grow more climate-proof versions?

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Corals protect humans and sustain 25% of all marine life. But
reefs are under threat from climate change, and mass bleaching
events mean that some scientists estimate they could disappear by
2100.

In this episode, Graihagh Jackson is joined by BBC CrowdScience
presenter, Caroline Steel. We go to Puerto Rico to see how
self-duplicating, carnivorous coral could be the solution. We
also speak to the scientist who helped discover what was causing
coral bleaching in the first place - back when climate change was
commonly denied.

This programme was first broadcast in 2024.

Guests: Dr Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Professor of Marine Studies at the
University of Queensland in Brisbane Dr Stacey Williams,
Executive Director at the Institute for Socio Ecological Research

Picture: Prickly alcyonarian - Dendronephthya sp. Orange red
colored soft coral. Credit: ultramarinfoto via Getty.

Presenters: Graihagh Jackson and Caroline Steel Producer: Octavia
Woodward Production co-ordinator: Brenda Brown Editor: Simon
Watts Sound Engineer: Tom Brignell

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