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The Emerald Tutu: Using nature to fight climate change on Boston's coast - NBC10 Boston

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WATCH: Exploring the Emerald Tutu in Boston Harbor - NBC Boston

We got a first-hand look at some of the first threads in what Northeastern research scientists hope will weave into a vast array of green pods dancing around the Boston shore in a kind of emerald tutu that helps protect the shore from climate change.

"Solutions like the Emerald Tutu are better designed for an uncertain climate future because they can adapt — because they're living organisms, they can adapt to conditions that we can't yet fully predict," said Julia Hopkins, a lead scientist on the project.

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