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Oceans & Clean Water

Can Artificial Reefs Restore Corals and Protect Coastal Communities?

Researchers in Florida are testing an artificial reef planted with live corals.

December 20, 2023

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Melissa Gaskill

Researchers in Florida are testing an artificial reef planted with live corals.

Oceans & Clean Water

Playing Matchmaker for Corals

Improving the success of sexual reproduction is another tool for restoring the world’s coral reefs.

August 9, 2023

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Melissa Gaskill

Improving the success of sexual reproduction is another tool for restoring the world’s coral reefs.

3 scuba divers float above restored coral

Oceans & Clean Water

Planting Coral Gardens to Save Florida’s Reefs

Volunteers flock to Key Largo to go underwater and help restore one of the world’s most important ecosystems.

July 19, 2023

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Melissa Gaskill

Volunteers flock to Key Largo to go underwater and help restore one of the world’s most important ecosystems.

Oceans & Clean Water

Coral Reefs Are in Crisis. Could a Controversial Idea Help?

To preserve habitat for fish and benefits for humans, some scientists suggest we need to explore the need for assisted migration.

April 26, 2023

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Melissa Gaskill

To preserve habitat for fish and benefits for humans, some scientists suggest we need to explore the need for assisted migration.

A driver works underwater on a restored reef

The Ask

Hope for Coral Reefs

A new book tracks scientific research and restoration efforts around the world that are focused on saving this critical ocean ecosystem.

March 30, 2022

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Tara Lohan

A new book tracks scientific research and restoration efforts around the world that are focused on saving this critical ocean ecosystem.

Op-Eds

As Tourism Returns, We Can’t Allow Cruise Companies to Destroy Coral Reefs for Profit

The COVID-19 pandemic put much of the tourism industry on hold. Once restrictions are lifted, we need to be wary of what comes next.

May 28, 2021

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Kelly Heber Dunning

The COVID-19 pandemic put much of the tourism industry on hold. Once restrictions are lifted, we need to be wary of what comes next.

Voices

Want to Save the World’s Coral Reefs? A MERMAID Can Help

New upgrades to the collaborative ‘Marine Ecological Research Management AID’ can turn coral reef data into conservation action — just when it’s needed most.

October 26, 2020

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Emily Darling

New upgrades to the collaborative ‘Marine Ecological Research Management AID’ can turn coral reef data into conservation action — just when it’s needed most.

Climate Change

Coral in Crisis: Can Replanting Efforts Halt Reefs’ Death Spiral?

Citizen scientists are helping speed up efforts to replant and regrow dying reefs, but is the labor-intensive process really the best answer?

January 24, 2020

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Erica Cirino

Citizen scientists are helping speed up efforts to replant and regrow dying reefs, but is the labor-intensive process really the best answer?

Wildlife

Saving Coral Reefs — with Sex

To keep pace with environmental loss, scientists working to restore tropical reefs have turned their attention to coral reproduction and increasing diversity.

August 12, 2019

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Tara Lohan

To keep pace with environmental loss, scientists working to restore tropical reefs have turned their attention to coral reproduction and increasing diversity.

Wildlife

Fenced in: A Surprising Threat to Coral Fish and Biodiversity

Massive traditional fish traps called fish fences catch hundreds of types of fish — many before they’re old enough to reproduce.

June 17, 2019

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Dipika Kadaba and John R. Platt

Massive traditional fish traps called fish fences catch hundreds of types of fish — many before they’re old enough to reproduce.