{"id":22770,"date":"2016-08-25T08:57:02","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T13:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/gregladen\/?p=22770"},"modified":"2016-08-25T08:57:02","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T13:57:02","slug":"help-kiribati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/25\/help-kiribati\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Kiribati"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Kiribati Support<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Since 2005, we have worked with colleagues in the Republic of Kiribati to understand the effects of climate change and to build local research capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Monitoring the coral reefs of the Gilbert Islands, the main island chain, is vital to helping the Kiribati people respond to the existential threat of climate change. It can also help us understand the fate of coral reefs around the world: thanks to periodic El Nino-driven ocean \u201cheat waves,\u201d Kiribati is an ideal natural laboratory for studying how coral reefs will respond to rising ocean temperatures.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l3GDjb_9hKM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>They need SCUBA and snorkeling gear.  They need children&#8217;s books for the library in Onotoa.  They can take cash if that&#8217;s all you&#8217;ve got.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/maribo\/donate\/\">Here&#8217;s more details on the needs, and details on the process. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kiribati Support Since 2005, we have worked with colleagues in the Republic of Kiribati to understand the effects of climate change and to build local research capacity. Monitoring the coral reefs of the Gilbert Islands, the main island chain, is vital to helping the Kiribati people respond to the existential threat of climate change. It &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/25\/help-kiribati\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Help Kiribati<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[856,148,97,2022],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5fhV1-5Vg","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22770"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22770"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22770\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gregladen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}