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Connecting Corals and Climate Change

May 12, 2009

Kim Cobb assistant professor, Georgia Institute of Technology

Kim Cobb, Assistant Professor at Georgia Institute of Technology, describes what corals can tell us about climate change. Cobb spent two years at the California Institute of Technology in the department of geological and planetary sciences, after earning her doctorate in oceanography in 2002. She joined the faculty at Georgia Tech in 2004.

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Topics: Media & Technology | Science & Nature

Tags: climate change | coral reef | Environment | Earth Sciences | Oceans & Aquatic Life | Plant Life

Presented By PBA and Georgia Aquarium:

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