Word on the Reef

3. Dr Kate Quigley: Coral Whisperer

• Tanya Murphy • Season 1 • Episode 3

Meet Dr Kate Quigley, a molecular ecologist who has spent years studying corals up close 🪸. Lately, Kate has been selectively breeding corals to try and increase their heat tolerance 🫠 - a race against time as the Reef starts to show the first signs of coral bleaching for 2024.

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