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'Time to Wake Up: The Great Barrier Reef' Senator Sheldon Whitehouse addresses the US Senate

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"Obviously if you harm the corals, you harm the reef; harm the reef and you destabilise life throughout the reef." Senator Whitehouse cites Richardson et al. 2018 Global Change Biology (approx 12:15) in address to the US Senate.

In this week's "Time to Wake Up" speech, Sen. Whitehouse describes the damage our carbon pollution has inflicted on the Great Barrier Reef, one of the natural wonders of the world.

Period8 May 2018

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  • TitleTime to Wake Up: The Great Barrier Reef
    Media name/outletYoutube
    Media typeTelevision
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    Date8/05/18
    DescriptionIn this week's "Time to Wake Up" speech, Sen. Whitehouse describes the damage our carbon pollution has inflicted on the Great Barrier Reef, one of the natural wonders of the world.

    "Obviously if you harm the corals, you harm the reef; harm the reef and you destabilise life throughout the reef." Senator Whitehouse cites Richardson et al. 2018 Global Change Biology (approx 12:15) in address to the US Senate.
    Producer/AuthorSenator Sheldon Whitehouse
    URLhttps://youtu.be/BMVWud7_eds
    PersonsLaura Richardson
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Keywords

  • Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
  • US Senate
  • Climate change
  • Coral bleaching events
  • Global warming
  • Reef fish diversity
  • Youtube
  • Global Change Biology
  • Great Barrier Reef
  • Lizard Island
  • Biotic homogenization

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