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EPISODE · May 16, 2025 · 12 MIN

A Wild Idea to Protect the Great Barrier Reef | Nautilus Narrations with Summer Collins

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Following devastating heat waves in 2016 and 2017 that caused intense bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef, it was impossible to ignore the existential vulnerability of coral in a warming world. In response, Australia’s government established the Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program (RRAP). Their mission: figure out how to protect the reef. David Mead, the program’s director, called it a “no-stone-unturned approach.”In this episode of Nautilus Narrations, coral biologist and science Communicator Summer Collins reads 'A Wild Idea to Protect the Great Barrier Reef' by Juli Berwald from Nautilus Magazine, and explores some of the fascinating new ways scientists are trying to protect reefs from extinction. You can follow Summer Collins and her work as an ocean steward on Instagram here, and visit her website. Enjoying Nautilus? ⁠Sign up to our FREE newsletter⁠ and follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠Facebook⁠, ⁠Twitter (X)⁠, ⁠YouTube⁠, ⁠TikTok⁠, Threads⁠, and Bluesky!

Following devastating heat waves in 2016 and 2017 that caused intense bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef, it was impossible to ignore the existential vulnerability of coral in a warming world. In response, Australia’s government established the Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program (RRAP). Their mission: figure out how to protect the reef. David Mead, the program’s director, called it a “no-stone-unturned approach.”In this episode of Nautilus Narrations, coral biologist and science Communicator Summer Collins reads 'A Wild Idea to Protect the Great Barrier Reef' by Juli Berwald from Nautilus Magazine, and explores some of the fascinating new ways scientists are trying to protect reefs from extinction. You can follow Summer Collins and her work as an ocean steward on Instagram here, and visit her website. Enjoying Nautilus? ⁠Sign up to our FREE newsletter⁠ and follow us on ⁠Instagram⁠, ⁠Facebook⁠, ⁠Twitter (X)⁠, ⁠YouTube⁠, ⁠TikTok⁠, Threads⁠, and Bluesky!

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Following devastating heat waves in 2016 and 2017 that caused intense bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef, it was impossible to ignore the existential vulnerability of coral in a warming world. In response, Australia’s government established the...

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