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The Climate Question: Can we save the world's coral?

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21/04/2024 GMT

Can we save the world's coral?

BBC World Service - The Climate Question, Can we save the world's coral?

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

Corals protect humans and marine life, but they could disappear by 2100. Graihagh Jackson hears from the scientists trying to grow more climate-proof versions.

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.  

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 

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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