Climate Conversations Podcast: Why should we care that corals are dying?
Coral reefs worldwide are struggling against warmer temperatures. But they can be saved.
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Hosts Jack Board and Liling Tan bring years of expertise covering climate change and sustainability to this weekly podcast. A one-stop shop for news, views and interviews.
Jump to these key moments:
- 2:54 Plastic bag usage drops
- 6:30 When heat slowly kills corals
- 13:26 What’s being done to save corals?
- 19:39 Singapore breeding baby corals
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Globally, coral reefs are being lost at alarming rates. Scientists estimate that half of them have already disappeared and 90 per cent could be gone by 2050 if temperatures continue to rise.
Liling Tan and Jack Board explain why this doesn’t just affect our vacations.Â
Jack Board on what bleaching indicates:
Bleaching means they're turning white, they almost look like they're skeletons on the bottom of the ocean ... it means they're struggling. And this is their response mechanism to hold on.
Liling Tan on how this affects humans:
It's difficult to grasp how far reaching these consequences can be on ocean health, the economy and on our food supply. The loss of these coral reefs can hurt us in the long run.
Source: CNA/cr
