In hot water: What鈥檚 turning the world鈥檚 coral white?
What are people in Zanzibar and Bali doing to try to bring coral back to life?
Coral around the world is turning white and even dying as recent record ocean heat takes a devastating toll. It has triggered the fourth 鈥済lobal mass coral bleaching event鈥. Hannah chats to What in the World producer Kevyah Cardoso about the magical life of coral.
大象传媒 climate reporter Georgina Rannard explains what鈥檚 causing this bleaching and whether the coral can recover from it. And we hear from two parts of the world where people are trying to monitor and revive their coral reefs. The 大象传媒鈥檚 Alfred Lasteck in Tanzania tells us about his visit to the Mnemba Island, Zanzibar where they are restoring the coral reefs. And 19 year old environmental activist and divemaster Emma Batty Sukerta, whose family are from Bali, Indonesia, talks about why she is recording the sounds of the coral reefs there.
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Presenter: Hannah Gelbart
Producers: Kevyah Cardoso & Julia Ross-Roy
Editor: Verity Wilde
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