This chapter delves into the urgent issue of Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease affecting Caribbean reefs, particularly in Bonaire. It explores innovative treatments, including antibiotics and probiotics, and emphasizes the importance of coral microbiomes and restoration efforts in combating this devastating disease.
Vox’s Benji Jones takes us diving in a coral reef to learn how scientists are trying to save them.
This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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