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. >> hey guys this episode gets personal, i'm here with doctor crystal dilworth and marita davison, and my epi pen. and i have it for a very important reason which is i'm allergic to peanuts and some other nuts too, but if i get too osnuts, one of you would have to grab this, take off the lid, and jab me in the thigh. >> i'm lucky, i don't have any allergies, but phil i know this is something you have to really organize your life around. i mean even here at this coffee shop you have to ask if anything here is cooked with peanuts or peanut oil before you can order off the menu. >> kind of a pain when it comes to ordering in places like this. >> but you know what's surprising and i would say really alarming is that the number of people like you, phil, with food allergies has skyrocted tast decades, and we went tfind out we're eing a r food allergies and if we might find a cure. >> it was terrifying. his face basically swelled up like twice the normal size. >> when you've held your daughter in your arms almost dying because of something as bac milk. >> e three minutes a food allergy reacti
. >> hey guys this episode gets personal, i'm here with doctor crystal dilworth and marita davison, and my epi pen. and i have it for a very important reason which is i'm allergic to peanuts and some other nuts too, but if i get too osnuts, one of you would have to grab this, take off the lid, and jab me in the thigh. >> i'm lucky, i don't have any allergies, but phil i know this is something you have to really organize your life around. i mean even here at this coffee shop you have...
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. >> marita davison is an environmental bioligist. >> as the waves are coming in, explain to me what's happening. >> tonight she goes inside the lab to bring the latest research that could stop the next superstorm. and i'm phil torres, i'm an entomologist. so how did katrina change the resident's attitude toward nature? now, techknow in new orleans: katrina, 10 years after. i'm here at jefferson parish at the exact spot that was submerged back in august 2005 and i'm 6 foot 2 and if i stretch my hand up to this height... triple that. that's how high some of the flood waters were in some neighborhoods here in this area. now while the waters are long gone, the issues are not. techknow's marita davison has spent a week here in new orleans - now marita, you've been piecing together what went wrong from a science and engineering perspective. >> and phil you said it, this community was devastated when hurricane katrina hit, now in the 10 years since, scientists have made significant improvements to the system, these are coming together to form multiple lines of defense that reduce the risks f
. >> marita davison is an environmental bioligist. >> as the waves are coming in, explain to me what's happening. >> tonight she goes inside the lab to bring the latest research that could stop the next superstorm. and i'm phil torres, i'm an entomologist. so how did katrina change the resident's attitude toward nature? now, techknow in new orleans: katrina, 10 years after. i'm here at jefferson parish at the exact spot that was submerged back in august 2005 and i'm 6 foot 2...
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crystal dilworth and marita davison. and, it sounds surreal to say but it's possible that within our lifetimes, all the coral reefs will be gone. >> scientists are saying that without some drastic changes, 100% of our coral reefs are facing degradation by 2050 which is only 30 years away. >> it could be an ecological disaster. >> and the problem is they are being attacked on all fronts, right now they're going through this coral bleaching event where all the corals are basically starving. >> yeah, and this bleaching event is affecting, right now, 40% of coral reefs worldwide, hawaii has been particularly hard hit, i got to go there to check it out and see if there's anything we can do to save the coral reefs. >> keno'ahe bay on the eastern side of oahu, hawaii. famous for clear blue seas and coral, rich in color and marine life. but now there's trouble in these waters. the coral is dying. in fact, reefs around the world are in trouble. we're here to find out why. >> some reefs have recovered much more quickly than others
crystal dilworth and marita davison. and, it sounds surreal to say but it's possible that within our lifetimes, all the coral reefs will be gone. >> scientists are saying that without some drastic changes, 100% of our coral reefs are facing degradation by 2050 which is only 30 years away. >> it could be an ecological disaster. >> and the problem is they are being attacked on all fronts, right now they're going through this coral bleaching event where all the corals are...
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crystal dilworth and marita davison. so guys, picture this, you are deep in the rain forests of peru when suddenly a flock of red and blue magnificent creatures takes off in front of you. they are beautiful, but let me tell you, they don't start out so pretty. >> you have to be talking about macaws. i'm a bird biologist so in my day i've seen a lot of baby birds and i have to admit they are bald and can be pretty ugly but i mean its almost so ugly that they're cute. >> macaws are so associated with the rain forrest its almost like their mascot, but they're not so ubiquitous anymore, they're an endangered species and they're at risk because of habitat loss. >> absolutely, because when the habitat is in trouble, these birds are in trouble. we join a team of scientists down there, who are working hard to make sure that doesn't happen. let's take a look. >> dazzling... elusive... charismatic - macaws are undeniable stars of the rainforest. and there's a special place in peru where it's still possible to see macaws in all the
crystal dilworth and marita davison. so guys, picture this, you are deep in the rain forests of peru when suddenly a flock of red and blue magnificent creatures takes off in front of you. they are beautiful, but let me tell you, they don't start out so pretty. >> you have to be talking about macaws. i'm a bird biologist so in my day i've seen a lot of baby birds and i have to admit they are bald and can be pretty ugly but i mean its almost so ugly that they're cute. >> macaws are so...