For the past five years, on World Ocean’s Day, the Coral Restoration Foundation™ takes an army of ocean lovers to restore coral reefs in Florida and around the world. This year, however, is a bit different. The yearly event named Coralpalooza™…
Tune in LIVE And Share Your Deep Sea Knowledge
The Schmidt Ocean Institute team is calling on all interested scientists, especially those from the mesophotic and deep-sea coral community to join in remotely and provide comments during the dives!
[WATCH] New Species Discoveries With Dr. Mark Erdmann and Ocean Geographic
Have you ever wanted to invite a scientist into your living room and hear about all their exciting discoveries? Ocean Geographic has been hosting live video sessions with experts around the globe and last week we tuned in to hear…
NASA Laser Can Map Sea Floor and Could Help Monitor Health of Coral Reefs
Last month NASA mission scientists began to map the shallow sea floors around the world’s coastlines. The NASA’s ICESat-2 satellite’s green laser beam, penetrating up to 40 meters into the ocean, will generate bathymetric data that could be game changing,…
Aqualink Is Giving Away Smart Buoys For Ocean Research
A new ocean philanthropy organization, Aqualink, is giving away smart buoys with a temperature sensor. The sensors can be used to monitor reef temperature in real-time as well as connect into a global monitoring network. Applications from both reef restoration…
Automated Coral Husbandry with CHARM
CHARM Last week when we saw the frag cleaning robot called ‘CHARM’ the intriguing video had me asking questions. Isn’t it easier to clean frags by hand? How is this robot supposed to recognize all sorts of frags? Is this…
Relax And Enjoy 10 Minutes Of Uninterrupted Coral Reef
Enjoy this glimpse of nature during lockdown with a brand new version of Coral Guardian ’10 min reef meditation’ series! These reefs were originally converted to rubble and have now been restored thanks to our collaboration with local fishermen close…
This Japanese Aquarium Is Asking For People To Video Call Their Garden Eels
Please remember about humans! Garden eels are notoriously shy creatures. While scuba diving, as your approach sandy garden eels patches, you see little eels heads slowly retract into their burrow. It is nearly impossible to get a closeup glimpse of…
30 Day Reef Tank – The Long Wait Is Over
Today we received our first batch of corals, sent to us by Bayside Corals, and we couldn’t be more excited to see this little tank come to life. We had a few setbacks along the way, and well the 30-day…
This Coral Restoration Method Helps Slow Down Slope Erosion
TRACC – Pom Pom Island Malaysia Back at the end of 2019, yes back when we could fly around the world to tiny islands in a matter of days, we had the pleasure of visiting Pom Pom island in Borneo…