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>> JULIE: CLIMATE CHANGE IS A
BIG ISSUE BEING TALKED ABOUT
ON A LOCAL NATIONAL AND
INTERNATIONAL LEVEL LOCALLY.
IT’S BEEN AFFECTING CORAL
REEFS OFF OUR COAST. 95% OF
THEM ARE THREATENED BY DISEASE
DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE. MOST
ARE DYING TO NEWS. 6
INVESTIGATORS ARE STEPPING IN
TO HELP FIND SOLUTIONS THAT
ARE NEWS EPISODE OF OUR SERIES
SOLUTIONARIES. SO NEWS 6
INSIDER GUIDE. CRYSTAL MOYER
IS GIVING US A SNEAK PEEK INTO
THE LATEST EPISODE. CRYSTAL.
YES, IT’S TRULY A GROUP EFFORT
FOR THIS PROJECT. NEW 6 IS
PARTNERING WITH OUR SISTER
STATIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO
GET RESULTS AND FIND SOLUTIONS
TO WHAT MAY SEEM LIKE
COMPLICATED PROBLEMS. I SPOKE
WITH INVESTIGATOR ERIK
SANDOVAL ABOUT HIS SEARCH FOR
SOLUTIONS TO OUR CORAL REEF
PROBLEM.
>> PROBLEM IS CORAL OFF
FLORIDA’S COAST IS DINE. THOSE
REEFS BASICALLY ACT AS
BARRIERS WHEN HURRICANES AND
STRONG STORMS HIT THE STATE OF
FLORIDA. IF THEY’RE
DISINTEGRATING AND DYING OFF
AND GLOBAL WARMING IS CAUSING
FIERCER MORE POWERFUL
HURRICANES. WE’RE GOING TO SEE
MORE DAMAGE AND THE EFFECTS OF
THAT NEWS. 6 INVESTIGATOR,
ERIK SANDOVAL WORKING WITH
DIFFERENT PROGRAMS AND
ORGANIZATIONS ARE LOOKING FOR
CORAL DISEASE. CORAL BLEACHING
VETERAN DIVERS CAME HERE FROM
ALL OVER THE STATE, INCLUDING
SOME FROM CENTRAL FLORIDA,
DIVING INTO THE MANY SOLUTIONS
THEY’RE COMING UP WITH TO HELP
THE CORAL REEFS SURVIVE AND
THRIVE TO MONITOR THE CORAL
FOR SIGNS OF ILLNESS.
>> WIFE.
>> AND YES, DEAF 9 OUT OF 10
TIMES. THIS IS CAUSED BY
FELLOW HUMANS. SOMETIMES AND
ON PURPOSE, BUT MOSTLY
UNKNOWINGLY. WE WATCHED AS
THEY FORM FOR TEAMS TO SEARCH
FOR 2 BIG THREATS FACING
FLORIDA’S CORAL. THIS STORY IS
JUST ONE PIECE OF OUR NEWEST
EPISODE OF SOLUTIONARIES.
>> NEWS, 6 INVESTIGATOR LOUIS
BOLDEN HOST THE EPISODE WITH A
FOCUS ON CLIMATE THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A
TRADITIONAL INVESTIGATIVE
PIECE WHERE WE WORK TO GET
RESULTS IN SOLUTIONARIES IS
REALLY TIME.
>> IN OUR NORMAL INVESTIGATIVE
STORIES WE HAVE ABOUT 2, 2 AND
A HALF MINUTES TO BASICALLY
DIG AND FIND RESULTS FOR
PEOPLE AND WE THOROUGHLY ENJOY
THAT. BUT THE NEAT THING ABOUT
SOLUTIONARIES IS WE HAVE ALL
THE TIME. WE WANT TO TELL THE
STORY, GO OUT AND FIND
SOLUTIONS TO THESE PROBLEMS
THAT REALLY AFFECT EVERYBODY.
THE HOUR. LONG EPISODE OF
SOLUTIONARIES TOUCHES ON
SEVERAL CLIMATE CHANGE TOPICS,
INCLUDING URBAN HEAT AND HOW
CITYSCAPES ARE AFFECTING THE
BALANCE OF NATURE. SOLAR
POWERED HOMES AND HOW THE
SYSTEM WORKS AND HOW GROUPS
ARE TAKING ACTION TO PROTECT
CORAL REEFS.
>> AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, ONE
OF THE MOST SURPRISING THINGS
THAT CAME OUT OF THIS AS WE
WORK FIND SOLUTIONS. THE
FLORIDA CORAL RESCUE PROJECT
IS NOT JUST HAPPENING HERE IN
FLORIDA. THEY’RE TAKING
PROPAGATED CORAL AND SENDING
THEM TO AQUARIUMS ALL OVER THE
UNITED STATES. LITERALLY CORAL
IS BEING THROWN IN AN AQUARIUM
IN THE MIDDLE OF A CORNFIELD
IN NEBRASKA AND IT’S ALSO
BEING GROWN IN DETROIT AND
VIRGINIA, PLACES THAT YOU
WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT TO
FIND CORAL. ALL OF THESE
ORGANIZATIONS ARE STEPPING UP
TO THE PLATE TO HELP. SO WHAT
CAN YOU LEARN FROM
SOLUTIONARIES? THE SOLUTIONS
AREN’T ALWAYS IMMEDIATE AND
THE SOLUTIONS ARE IN PROGRESS.
AND ARE THERE BETTER SOLUTIONS
DOWN THE ROAD THAT WE MAYBE
NOT HAVEN’T FOUND YET?
ABSOLUTELY. BUT THAT’S THE
POINT OF THIS PROGRAM FOR
LOOKING FOR THE SOLUTIONS AND
MAYBE TRYING TO FIND MORE IN
THE PROCESS.
>> AND A BIG PART OF
SOLUTIONARIES IS YOU ALL OUR
VIEWERS. WE ENCOURAGE OUR
COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO TAKE PART
IN THIS PROJECT AND FUTURE
PROJECTS. YOU KNOW, DO YOU
HAVE ANY IDEAS FOR SOLUTIONS
TO THE CORAL REEF PROBLEM? LET
US KNOW IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS
FOR FUTURE SOLUTIONARIES
PIECES, PASS THEM ON TO US.
YOU CAN SHARE YOUR IDEAS IN
THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THE
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>> JULIE: HE MAKE SUCH A GOOD
POINT THAT IN THE TYPICAL
STORY, YOU KNOW, IS THAT THE
INVESTIGATORS HAVE 2 TO 2 AND
A HALF MINUTES. THAT’S STILL A
REALLY LONG TIME FOR A TV
STORY AROUND A MINUTE. SO IT’S
SO NICE TO GET TO SEE THEM
REALLY DAY IN THIS LONG FORM
JOURNALISM.
>> BRIDGETT: IT ALSO GREAT
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT HOW A LOT
OF THE SOLUTION AREA EPISODES
ALL GET BACK TO THE CORE OF
COMMUNITIES WORKING TOGETHER
AND IT’S VERY COOL FOR AIR TO
TALK ABOUT ALL THE THE OTHER
STATES ARE INVOLVED IN THIS
EFFORT.
>> DEFINITELY. AND HE WAS ALSO
TALKING ABOUT HOW LOCALLY, YOU
KNOW, WE HAVE COMPETING THEME
PARKS LIKE SEAWORLD AND
DISNEY. THEY’RE COMING
TOGETHER FOR THE CROW OR HE’S
WELL. SO THERE’S A LOT OF
PROGRAMS OUT THERE THAT WE
DON’T KNOW ABOUT. AND PEOPLE
DIVING JUST TO DO SOME
RESEARCH ON CORAL REEFS TO
HELP FIND A SOLUTION, EVEN