FEMA's Failures, Saving Corals and more
FEMA Unprepared To Help Puerto Rico / Repairing Puerto Rico's Corals / Combat Divers Restore Ocean Health / Beyond the Headlines / CRISPR Gene Tool Could Pinpoint Resilient Corals\t\t\tFEMA admits it failed to adequately prepare for Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, a disaster that cost thousands of human lives.\n\nMaria devastated coral communities, too, so locals and combat diving veterans are coming to the rescue by putting healthy fragments back in place.\n\nAnd as rising temperatures threaten corals across the globe, scientists are using CRISPR to identify which genes make some coral species more heat-tolerant.\n\nThose stories and more, in this installment of Living on Earth from PRI.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices