Prince Charles highlighted the work of two Cornell researchers at his Feb. 14 address to the International Sustainability Unit, an initiative established to “resolve some of the key environmental challenges facing the world”. The study cited was conducted by postdoctoral research fellow Joleah B. Lamb and Prof. Drew Harvell, ecology and evolutionary biology and was published in Science magazine in January. When Lamb saw that her research was referenced in the speech, she was excited about the impact it could have. “I may have cried a little about the impact this could make on policy and change for coral reefs,” Lamb told the University. In the early stages of their research, Lamb suggested including plastics, based on her observations on plastics harming corals in Australia, to Harvell, who was leading coral health surveys in Indonesia.

Source: Daily Sun February 22, 2018 06:45 UTC