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Regenerating Reefs with Gator Halpern of CORAL VITA
Description
We’ve already lost 50% of Earth’s coral reefs. It's estimated that 90% will be gone by 2050 at the current pace of destruction. Coral Vita just built the world’s first commercial land-based coral farm for reef restoration in The Bahamas. They are regenerating reef systems with innovative methods that expedite the growth rate of corals, and allow for self-selection of the most resilient species to warming and acidifying conditions.
Gator Halpern co-founded Coral Vita as a way to take practical steps toward protecting the otherworldly underwater-scapes he experienced as a young diver.
His team recently won the Earthshot Prize, a new global prize for the environment funded by The Royal Foundation of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. Five recipients are awarded the £1 Million prize each year, over the course of the next ten years,
providing at least 50 solutions to the world’s greatest environmental problems by 2030.
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Presented by Patagonia
Listen with Lauren L. Hill & Dave Rastovich
Sound Engineer & Music by: Shannon Sol Carroll
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Co-Hosts + Production: Lauren L. Hill & Dave Rastovich
Sound + Video Engineer: Ben J Alexander
Theme song: Shannon Sol Carroll
Additional music by Kai Mcgilvray + Ben J Alexander
Closing track: 'Sunseekers' by Andysixstring
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