{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fclimate-changers.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Frestoring-reef-ecosystems-GH8_9AQf","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Restoring Reef Ecosystems with Scott Sensenbrenner","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/ab33586e-a70c-46d6-ac45-6e33ea5dcf62/aee01ef2-1733-49b9-9215-bbdbd12c0495/screen-shot-2020-07-15-at-8-48-48-am.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Scott Sensenbrenner is the Founder & CEO of Enzymedica, which has partnered MOTE Marine Laboratory & Aquarium to restore Florida's coral reefs. While 1% of the world’s oceans are coral reefs, they support 25% of all marine life and feed more than 500 million people. In some areas of Florida and the Caribbean, coral cover has declined by 50% to 80% in the last 30 years. Ocean plants are responsible for producing 85% of the oxygen we breathe – and coral reefs are on track to die off by 2050 if more restoration is not completed.\n\nMote has developed a “microfragmentation and fusion” method to grow corals 50 times faster in their nurseries than they grow naturally. These born-in-a-lab baby “reefs”, which are implanted in the dying reef, look a bit like Reese’s peanut butter cups. They have a 95% survival rate when placed onto the reef. Mote has outplanted more than 70,000+ new corals to-date with the help of financial support from Enzymedica. "}