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This Week’s Segments!
Welcome! (0:00)
This Week’s Topics! (2:48)
The Hope For Our World’s Coral Reefs! (3:54)
Humpback Whales Filmed Exfoliating Skin On Sea Floor! (7:55 )
Would A Monetary Value For An Individual Whale Further Incentive Their Protection? (10:00)
Sponsor Spot (14:51)
Kelp Forests, The $500 Billion Ecosystem! (15:52)
Battery Recycling Plant Now Open That Can Process 70,000 Car Batteries A Year! (18:17)
$260 Million To Revitalise Kakadu and Uluru-kata Tjuta National Parks! (23:11)


The Hope For Our World’s Coral Reefs!
https://e360.yale.edu/features/finding-bright-spots-in-the-global-coral-reef-catastrophe
New Reef Discovered In The Galapagos Marine Reserve!
https://www.techexplorist.com/ancient-deep-sea-coral-reefs-galapagos-expedition/59352/

Humpback Whales Filmed Exfoliating Skin On Sea Floor!
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/19/humpbacks-spotted-having-whale-of-a-time-at-underwater-day-spa-off-gold-coast
Griffith University Article
https://news.griffith.edu.au/2023/04/21/whales-stop-by-gc-for-day-spa-fix-with-full-body-scrubs/


Would A Monetary Value For An Individual Whale Further Incentive Their Protection?
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/can-putting-a-price-on-a-whale-save-the-environment/
Kelp Forests, The $500 Billion Ecosystem!
https://theconversation.com/a-forgotten-and-neglected-ecosystem-covers-a-third-of-earths-coastlines-with-a-collective-value-of-500-billion-203908

Battery Recycling Plant Now Open That Can Process 70,000 Car Batteries A Year!
https://grist.org/solutions/one-of-the-biggest-battery-recycling-plants-in-the-us-is-up-and-running/

$260 Million To Revitalise Kakadu and Uluru-kata Tjuta National Parks!
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-26/national-parks-funding-2023-federal-budget-kakadu-uluru-nt/102263952
Sydney Morning Herald Article
https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/from-faded-crocodile-signs-to-damaged-ranger-stations-national-parks-get-funding-boost-20230424-p5d2wd.html