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Podcast: Mongabay Newscast
Episode: Corals, kelp and creative conservation in Australia
Description: If current conditions line up just right, much of the Great Barrier Reef could soon suffer another catastrophic bleaching event, so how are conservationists reacting to threats like this in Australia?  "We could lose a huge part of the reef by February," says Newscast guest Dean Miller of the Forever Reef Project, so his team is racing to add the final coral specimens to its huge "biobank" of coral species before then, for use by researchers and conservationists.  Work like this was featured at the first international edition of the famed South by Southwest (SXSW) festival and conference (October 15-22, 2023 in S...