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From: Sam	4/19/2017 11:20:25 AM
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The Race To Save The World’s Coral Reefs Before It’s Too Late Watch Coral Bleaching Happen Before Your Eyes March 2017 Was Second-Warmest March On Record, Says NASA Related Links The show will be archived at the link: the1a.org GUEST HOST: INDIRA LAKSHMANAN Fish swimming through the coral on Australia's Great Barrier Reef in 2014. Scientists say large sections of the Great Barrier Reef are now permanently dead because of climate change. (WILLIAM WEST/AFP/GETTY IMAGES) They’re home to about one quarter of all known species of marine life and provide food and livelihoods for hundreds of millions of people. But the world’s coral reefs are dying fast. Scientists warn that only ten percent of all reefs will survive past 2050 because of climate change, and researchers are racing to protect the least-vulnerable reefs before they disappear. Guests C. Mark Eakin coordinator, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Coral Reef Watch program Nancy Knowlton Sant Chair for Marine Science, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History; author of "Citizens of the Sea." Richard Vevers founder, The Ocean Agency; director, the 50 Reefs conservation initiative. Ku'ulei Rodgers associate researcher, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii Watch Coral Bleaching Happen Before Your Eyes This video, taken by scientists in a laboratory at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia, captures a coral ejecting its resident population of algae. The behavior helps corals survive warmer water in the short term, but extended periods of bleaching can be lethal to corals and the ecosystems they support. (Video courtesy Brett Lewis, QUT) Video at the link: the1a.org

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