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SCIENCE STUDIO: Coral Reefs

Roatán Institute for Marine Sciences

  Coral reefs worldwide are under stress due to a combination of manmade and natural causes.  Coral bleaching results from warming oceans and other stresses, and on this program we'll visit with Jennifer Keck, Education & Research Coordinator, Roatán Institute for Marine Sciences, Anthony's Key Resort, Roatán, Bay Islands, Honduras.  The Mesoamerican Barrier Reef stretches from Mexico down to Honduras, and Keck explains how the Institute has been monitoring the health of the reef at the Bay Islands.  She also talks about a coral nursery program that aims to propagate new reefs from coral fragments attached to a PVC pipe "tree."

http://www.roatanims.org/

Aired Sept 18, 2016

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