Guest: Julia Rose, Coral Restoration Program Manager, TNC in Hawai’i
Description: On this episode, Julia talks about her experiences performing coral bleaching monitoring during the 2015-2016 El Niño and mass coral bleaching in Hawai’i event and how they have influenced ose experiences influenced her decisions and actions in the ensuring years since. She shares the reality of her personal experience monitoring coral reef loss, as well as actions she’s taking and where she’s finding hope as we prepare for this year’s very strong El Niño. Please note: Throughout the episode, we use the colloquial term “Super El Niño,” but the formal NOAA classification for this year’s event is a “very strong El Niño.”
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