Credit: Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian scientist Mary Hagedorn's innovative, interdisciplinary work uses basic science to address conservation challenges for threatened coral reefs. On Earth Day weekend, the Smithsonian will convene the first Earth Optimism Summit, a three-day event that will highlight what is working in conservation and how to scale up and replicate it. Hagedorn is among the nearly 200 speakers who will be featured at the event.