TIME: 9 AM EST, 2 PM GMT REGISTER HERE Thomas Goreau is a highly educated biogeochemist and President and founder of The Global Coral Reef Alliance. He has dived on coral reefs across the Caribbean, Pacific, Indian Ocean, and South-East Asia for more than 70 years. Recent work done in coral reefs, oyster… The post Increasing coastal ecosystem biodiversity, carbon storage, and ecosystem services with low voltage electrical fields appeared first on Global Coral Reef Alliance ..read more

Sediment dredging is killing corals and must stop during bleaching events Caption: Coral reef sediment dredging in the Maldives, seen in this satellite image, leaves long plumes of fine sediments that smother and eventually kill corals. The plume, larger than most Maldivian islands, rotates around… The post Coral sediment dredging must stop during bleaching events appeared first on Global Coral Reef Alliance ..read more

Great Barrier Reef bleaches again, as predicted,  but continues exporting corals The Coral Bleaching HotSpot prediction method, developed by the Global Coral Reef Alliance in the 1980s, has projected every major bleaching event in the Great Barrier Reef. We warned a new bleaching event was about … The post Great Barrier Reef bleaches again, as predicted, yet coral export continues appeared first on Global Coral Reef Alliance ..read more

MALDIVES DREDGE DUMPING ON CORAL REEFS STOPPED BY INJUNCTION A massive Maldives project to dump dredged material on top of reefs to create artificial islands has been stopped for the first time by a Maldives Court Injunction, due to lack of scientifically sound environmental assessment. The atoll … The post MALDIVES DREDGE DUMPING ON CORAL REEFS STOPPED BY INJUNCTION appeared first on Global Coral Reef Alliance ..read more

Biorock increases shellfish settlement while reducing hydroid fouling in Chile, Centro de Investigacion en Ecosistemas de la Patagonia, (in Spanish). English machine translation: Aquatic EcosystemsNews INNOVATIVE MARINE REGENERATION TECHNOLOGY WAS TESTED IN THE CHILEAN PATAGONIA FJORD … The post Biorock increases shellfish settlement while reducing hydroid fouling in Chile appeared first on Global Coral Reef Alliance ..read more

Jamaican Daily Gleaner January 30 2024 Crisis below the waves: The battle for coral reef transparency and survival DR THOMAS Goreau, a pioneer in marine science, is sounding a clarion call for greater transparency regarding the alarming extent of coral reef damage across the Caribbean amid the extinction… The post CRISIS BELOW THE WAVES: THE BATTLE FOR CORAL REEF TRANSPARENCY AND SURVIVAL appeared first on Global Coral Reef Alliance ..read more

January 22, 2024  2023 record marine heat waves: Coral Bleaching HotSpot maps reveal global sea surface temperature extremes, coral mortality, and ocean circulation change Thomas J. F. Goreau & Raymond L. Hayes The manuscript is a non-peer reviewed preprint submitted to EarthArXiv, it will … The post 2023 record marine heat waves: Coral Bleaching HotSpot maps reveal global sea surface temperature extremes, coral mortality, and ocean circulation changes appeared first on Global Coral Reef Alliance ..read more

January 1 2024 Global Coral Reef Alliance 2024 New Years Resolution: Save coral reefs: stop polluting the ocean and atmosphere   RED FLAGS IGNORED Marine biologist says authorities turned blind eye to faults in building problematic sewage plant Published: Sunday | December 31, 2023 | 12:08 … The post Red flags ignored: Marine biologist says authorities turned blind eye to faults in building problematic sewage plant appeared first on Global Coral Reef Alliance ..read more

December 21, 2023 2023 GLOBAL CORAL REEF ALLIANCE WINTER SOLSTICE REPORT: REEF REPARATIONS FROM FOSSIL FUEL PRODUCERS FOR MASS EXTINCTION OF CORAL REEFS FROM GLOBAL WARMING Thomas J. F. Goreau, PhD President, Global Coral Reef Alliance   COP 28 sacrifices coral reefs, again The 28th Conference Of … The post 2023 GLOBAL CORAL REEF ALLIANCE WINTER SOLSTICE REPORT: REEF REPARATIONS FROM FOSSIL FUEL PRODUCERS FOR MASS EXTINCTION OF CORAL REEFS FROM GLOBAL WARMING appeared first on Global Coral Reef Alliance ..read more

GCRA WHITE PAPER HOW MUCH FASTER CAN BIOROCK INCREASE CORAL GROWTH? Thomas J. F. Goreau December 10 2023 Record fast coral growth enhancement under Biorock electrical stimulation of up to 4.126 times faster in diameter, 20.7488 times faster in length, and 353.225 times faster growth by volume than… The post HOW MUCH FASTER CAN BIOROCK INCREASE CORAL GROWTH? appeared first on Global Coral Reef Alliance ..read more