Super-Corals And The Future Of Coral Reefs | Verena Schoepf | TEDxUWA
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Published 2018-01-12
Verena is originally from Austria where she obtained a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from the University of Innsbruck. She then completed her PhD at The Ohio State University in the U.S. In 2013, Verena joined the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at the University of Western Australia, and recently became one of the Research Program Leaders in the Centre. Her current research aims to provide insights into the mechanisms that enable climate change resilience in reef-building corals.
Verena has won several awards including the Presidential Fellowship of The Ohio State University and the Gretchen L. Blechschmidt Award of the Geological Society of America. She has published articles in journals such as Nature and Global Change Biology, and her work has been featured on many radio stations, websites and newspapers including The Age and Australian Geographic. In 2016, she was featured in the documentary “Verena Schoepf – Super Corals”. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx
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Why doesn’t this video have the attention it needs
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The channel has 12.000.000 followers, this video has only 800 views...
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The fact this video has this little reppercussion and/or engagement from viewers just breaks my heart, and shows how little people actually seem to care about climate change and our impact on nature. so sad...
