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Rewilding could help vulnerable islands keep pace with rising seas

Researchers say seabirds, native plants and healthy reefs can help low-lying atolls build up as seas rise; the birds have not asked for payment.

On air: Hank Ledger and Dale Bearman on Should You Be Worried?
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  1. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorCould the sea be rising under your very feet, and could the thing that saves a tiny island be something that lands on your car? Yes, it's seabirds.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorResearchers say seabirds, native plants and healthy reefs can help low islands called atolls build themselves up as the seas rise.

  3. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorSo the infrastructure plan is birds. No permits, no inspectors, and the foreman is a pelican.

  4. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorAnd if the birds ever walk off the job, we're all doomed.

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