Dr Ruth Gates/renowned coral scientist/dies at 56
 

Dr Ruth Gates, a preeminent coral-reef biologist and marine conservationist best remembered for advocating the breeding of a “super coral” that could resist the effects of global warming and replenish rapidly deteriorating reefs worldwide, died Oct. 25 at a hospital in Kailua, Hawaii. She was 56.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local...=.23dd31a94753

She also appeared in the Emmy Award-winning Netflix documentary “Chasing Coral” (2017) and became a frequent commentator in the media on reef conservation as well as the effects of climate change.
https://youtu.be/b6fHA9R2cKI

Man, that sucks...