Shayle Matsuda

But a lot of our tools are

Stuff that we have to kind of just come up with on the fly to use.

They don't sell coral spawning supply kits.

Yeah, lots of buckets everywhere in any lab.

Yeah, absolutely.

It's a tough question.

People have definitely seen movements in different coastal communities to ban unsafe sunscreen.

And this is a field of research that is beginning to grow.

It's a new thing that we're seeing.

And it's really important to consider these stressors and these daily things that we're doing that may or may not be harmful to reefs.

Considering what sunscreen you use, just considering any type of chemicals that you're introducing to a natural environment is a really important thing.

However, what we are concerned about is that in the grand scheme of the impacts facing corals, it is a very small drop in the bucket compared to climate change.

And that's always a really hard thing.

The research is ongoing with how bad these chemicals are and the effects that they have.

But the danger is when...

that's where we stop right like you know considering your sunscreen choice is a really great point of departure you know same thing with like plastic straw bands and things like that for people you know who might not consider how their daily actions affect coral reefs to begin to learn more and to like understand like you know how are my actions affecting the reefs

What else can I do?

And to kind of like figure out what it is that each of us are doing every day, right, that affects the planet.

But if that's the stopping point, that's a really dangerous thing because, you know, just changing your sunscreen is not going to slow down our loss of reefs.

Sorry, everyone.