May 17, 2024 BASIC BIOROCK PUBLICATIONS Thomas J. F. Goreau, Global Coral Reef Alliance Hilbertz, W., 1979. Electrodeposition of minerals in sea water: Experiments and applications. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 4(3), pp.94-113 Hilbertz, W.H., 1992. Solar-generated building material … The post BASIC BIOROCK PUBLICATIONS appeared first on Global Coral Reef Alliance ..read more

Oxford Open Climate Change, Volume 4, Issue 1, 2024, kgae005, T.J.F. Goreau & R.L. Hayes Download here: https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfclm/kgae005 Published: 09 May 2024 Abstract Coral reefs, the most sensitive ecosystem to high temperature, are on the precipice of mass extinction from global … The post 2023 Record marine heat waves: coral reef bleaching HotSpot maps reveal global sea surface temperature extremes, coral mortality, and ocean circulation changes appeared first on Global Coral Reef Alliance ..read more

CLEANING SEWAGE POLLUTION IN NEGRIL May 7, 2024 Thomas J. F. Goreau President, Global Coral Reef Alliance, former Science Advisor, Negril Coral Reef Preservation Society & Negril Environmental Protection Trust Negril: not enough clean water and too much dirty water  Negril, one of Jamaica’s… The post Cleaning sewage pollution in Negril appeared first on Global Coral Reef Alliance ..read more

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