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UnDisciplined: What can we do to save the coral reefs? Here’s one, um, cool solution

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Coral reefs are some of the oldest, most diverse ecosystems on Earth. But they’re also among the most vulnerable. By some estimates ocean reefs will decline up to 90 percent if average global air temperatures warm by 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial values — and some scientists believe that level of warming is all but inevitable. So, what do we do? Mary Hagedorn has an idea: Let’s collect as many as possible and freeze them.

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Matthew LaPlante has reported on ritual infanticide in Northern Africa, insurgent warfare in the Middle East, the legacy of genocide in Southeast Asia, and gang violence in Central America. But a few years back, something occurred to him: Maybe the news doesn't have to be so brutally depressing all the time. These days, he balances his continuing work on more heartbreaking subjects with his work on UnDisciplined — Utah Public Radio's weekly program on science and discovery.