Japanese Coral Bleaching News from the Japanese government today shows that more than 70 percent of the country’s largest coral reef is dead due to warm temperatures. While the headline sounds dire, the decline of coral health in Seiseishoko reef did…
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Crowdfund an experiment examining corals and climate change
If you ever wanted to help be a part of and support a coral research program, now is your chance. A PhD student from Oregon State is currently crowdfunding to support her research on how corals are responding to climate…
Friday Smorgasbord: Printed coral, catching waves and more
It is hard to believe it is December already, but here we are with the first Friday Smorgasbord on December. We’ve been a bit light on the Smorgi posts of late as I’ve been taking care of our new little…
Coral Restoration Foundation Awarded $2.1 Million From NOAA
CORAL RESTORATION IN FLORIDA Coral reefs along the Florida coastline just received a considerable boost from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Coral Restoration Foundation, the world’s largest reef restoration program has been awarded $2.1 million in funding…
Mesophotic reefs in Hawaii are rich in coral cover and unique fish species
Researchers in Hawaii have completed a comprehensive investigation of deep mesophotic coral-reefs throughout the Hawaiian Archipelago. The study, published in the open-access journal PeerJ involved a team of sixteen researchers and spanned more than twenty years. Although the existence of these…
Where the Big Corals Are: The Tank of Martin Lakin
A couple of months ago I wrote a piece asking where all the big corals went. Well on my recent speaking trip to England, I found them. In the tank of my friend Martin Lakin I was amazed to see…
Mote and Nature Conservancy to Restore One Million Corals in the Caribbean and Florida Keys
Mote Marine Laboratory and The Nature Conservancy are teaming up to restore coral reefs at unprecedented scales throughout the Caribbean and the Florida Keys. The collaboration officially began Sept. 12, 2016 in Miami, with the signing of a one-year memorandum…
First Video Of Coral Bleaching Behavior
For the first time coral researchers in Brisbane, Australia have recorded a time-lapse video of coral bleaching behavior. To capture the video researchers took a photograph every 3 seconds using a combination of digital camera, smart tablet and microscopes to record…
Video shows the effects of coral bleaching in Bali Indonesia
This summer there has been no shortage of coral bleaching stories in the news. However, this video of coral bleaching in Bali Indonesia hits home as we visited the same reef at Menjangan Island December 2015. This video posted by…
The Australian Government Promises $1 Billion Dollars for Coral Reefs
The Australian government has announced it has will pledge $1 billion dollars to protect the Great Barrier Reef, over the next ten years. The Reef Fund money will be used to invest in clean energy projects, especially those which reduce…
