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FEMA's Failures, Saving Corals and more
FromLiving on Earth
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Length:
51 minutes
Released:
Jul 20, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
FEMA Unprepared To Help Puerto Rico / Repairing Puerto Rico's Corals / Combat Divers Restore Ocean Health / Beyond the Headlines / CRISPR Gene Tool Could Pinpoint Resilient Corals FEMA admits it failed to adequately prepare for Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, a disaster that cost thousands of human lives.
Maria devastated coral communities, too, so locals and combat diving veterans are coming to the rescue by putting healthy fragments back in place.
And as rising temperatures threaten corals across the globe, scientists are using CRISPR to identify which genes make some coral species more heat-tolerant.
Those stories and more, in this installment of Living on Earth from PRI.
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Maria devastated coral communities, too, so locals and combat diving veterans are coming to the rescue by putting healthy fragments back in place.
And as rising temperatures threaten corals across the globe, scientists are using CRISPR to identify which genes make some coral species more heat-tolerant.
Those stories and more, in this installment of Living on Earth from PRI.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Jul 20, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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