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• NEW  Eritrea's mangroves show way to fight hunger, Andrew Cawthorne, Hirgigo, Eritrea, Mail and Guardian Online, 21 May 2008

• NEW  Senate to SoFla: No more poo-pumping, MiamiHerald.com, April 16, 2008

• NEW  The world's rubbish dump: a garbage tip that stretches from Hawaii to Japan, Why plastic is the scourge of sea life, The Independent, Kathy Marks, Asia-Pacific Correspondent, and Daniel Howden, February 5, 2008

• NEW  Fighting Algae in Kaneohe Bay, Science, Volume 319, Issue 5860, dated January 11 2008
  Thomas J. Goreau;, Jennifer E. Smith, Eric J. Conklin, Celia M. Smith and Cynthia L. Hunter

• Counties Flush Dirty Water Into the Ocean, Carl Hiaasen, MiamiHerald.com - 11/04/2007

• MODERNIZATION OF BALI: DIVINE OR DEMONIC?, Mikhail Tsyganov, RIA Novosti, AsianAffairs, September, 2007

• Electric Reefs, DiversAlertNetwork (DAN), Elizabeth Cook, Photos, Robert Yin,  September, October, 2007

• El proyecto Karang Lestari es el vivero de coral más grande jamás desarrollado en el mundo con electricidad, Marilyn August, Hablemos Online, September, 2004

• Electroshock para salvar corales, BBC Mundo.com, (Spanish) October, 2004

• Project to preserve the habitat of the turtle Chelonia mydas" Isla Aves, (Spanish) Venezuela, June, 2007

• La salvezza per i coralli?,  a cura della redazione GT,  La sedia elettrica, (Italian) Ecplanet, June, 2007

• Mind and Hand—and Rebar, Using renewable energy to restore Philippine coral reefs, Katherine Bourzac, Technology Review, May/June, 2007

• Groei rif door spanning. Duiken, Dutch journal 'Duiken, Antillian New,' St Maarten: April 2007

• Cancun, Nature at War Over Beaches, By Julie Watson, Associated Press, ENN Weekly: March 19th - 23rd

• US Group Calls for Project to be Dumped, Keva Lightbourne, Nassau Guardian, 3/1/2007

• Reef Rescue Volunteers Take to the Air and Sea, Palm Beach County Reef Rescue, 3/1/2007

• Scientists Seek Return of Oysters to College Pt. Waters, Stephen Stirling, Times Ledger, 03/01/2007

• Call for halt to Bakers Bay development, K. Nancoo-Russell, Freeport News 3/1/2007

• Tire Reef off Florida Proves a Disaster, Brian Skoloff, AP, Feb 16, 2007

• Ocean Care’s Dream Comes True, First Artificial Reef Installed in St. Maarten Waters, The Daily Herald, Elaine Polack, 11/18/2006

• HK's taste for seafood wrecking region's reefs, Audrey Parwani, South China Morning Post, December 8, 2006

• Is the Sun Setting on Scrumptious Seafood?  John Cairns, Editor, Cairns Media Magazine, December 9, 2006 

• You are what You Fish, Jim Harper, Biscayne Boulevard Times, 8/2006

• Biorock® Technology – Offering Hope for Coral Reef Restoration Around the World, Joni Lawrence, Editor, MarineBio.org

• The Electric Reef That Just Keeps Growing!, Michael Cortenbach, Vila Ombak Diving Academy, Lombok Times, Issue 32, May, 2006

• Caribbean Coral Suffers Record Death, Ancient and Delicate Caribbean Coral Suffers Record Bleaching, Death, Seth Borenstein, ABC News, Copyright--Associated Press, Mar 30, 2006

• Underwater Regeneration, Biorock Reefs, Underwater Life-support Systems for Ailing Reefs are Helping Return Samui to its Original State, Kevin Luton, SI-Samui, February, 2006

• Turning the Tide, Samui Newspaper, March 15, 2005

• Corals, Mangroves Good for Economy, Samui Newspaper, March 15, 2005

• Bt1.5m Project to Restore Coral Reefs Launched, Samui Express, January 26, 2006,

• Reviving Natures Bounty, Simple Technology Can Result in Spectacular Recovery for Dying Reefs, Samui Community Magazine, September, 2005

• Electric Current Saves Corals in Indonesia, Mikhail Tsyganov, RIA Novosti, February 14, 2006 – Russian Information Agency, RIA (English translation), Click here to link to the original article with illustrations, in Russian.

• Reef's continued downfall dismays divers, scientists, Palm Beach Post Antigone Barton January 03, 2006

• Beach Renourishment Stirs Doubts, Antigone Barton, Palm Beach Post, 12 05.05

• L’eletro-stimulation au secours du corail et des homes, Maxence Layet, EfferveSciences,  10/11.2005 (French)

• Electric Reef, Jo McFarlane, Jesper, Meyer ScubaGlobe Asia Pacific Vol 3, No. 1,

• Coral Bones, Will tropical coral reefs be the first ecosystem to be eliminated by global warming? Caspar Henderson, 11.9.2005

• A Life Support System for Ailing Coral Reefs, Phuket Gazette, 11.1.2005

• Ocean Care Foundation Shows the Beauty of Coral, Expresses Concern About its Health, Wim Hart, Daily Herald Weekender, 9/24/2005

• Excessive Dredging Threatens Florida Marine Life Investigative Series: 1 of 3. By Terry Gibson, Florida Sportsman, April, 2005

• Addicted to Sand Pumping Despite Damages, Investigative Series: 2 of 3, Terry Gibson, Florida Sportsman, May 2005

• Poor Results Prove Need for Overhaul of Beach-Fill Policy. Investigative Series: 3 of 3. , Terry Gibson, Florida Sportsman, June 2005

• We're Killing our Beaches. "Renourishment" projects are destroying our beaches., Byorrin Pilkey, Independent Weekly, 8/17/2005

• Proposed Residential Complex In Queens To Be Built On Toxic Waste Dump,  NY1News, Susan Jhun, Jun 17, 2005,

• Biohazard? Scientist Alleges Clean-Up Hazardous, Queens Tribune, Michael Rehak, June 16, 2005,

• Global Warming and Coral Reefs, Thomas J Goreau, openDemocracy, May 31, 2005

• Man-made ark charged with regrowing coral (Article about a Biorock installation), Edward Black, The Scotsman, 5/21/2005

• Odd Couple Seek Renewal of College Pt. Wetlands, Scott Sieber, Times Ledger.com, 04/28/2005

• Biorock Offers Hope in Restoring Reefs, Gulf News, Fran Gillespie, 3/12/2005

• Biorock the Electric Advantage, Asian Geographic, Issue 2, 2005

• Biorock: Le Recif Electrique, Plongeurs Dive Magazine, April 2005

• The Reef Electric – Bio Rock, Innovative Program to Resurrect Dying Coral Reefs Launched in Lombok, Bali Discovery Tours, 1/3/2005

• North Bali Reef Project - A Real Winner!, Bali Discovery Tours, 3/27/2005

• New Coral Reef Habitat, Gila Islands News, December, 2004

• La salvezza per i coralli?, Giornale Tecnologico, La sedia elettrica, 3.2005, (Italian)

• Prana dedicates award to fishermen, Rita A.Widiadana, The Jakarta Post, Sanur, Bali, 2.23.

• RAFA POD PRĄDEM, Na stalowych prętach jak na grządkach rosną koralowce. To sztuczna rafa dokarmiana prądem elektrycznym, Wiedzaizycie, Dorota Wrońska, (Polish)

• Biorock Stimule la Repousse du Corail, (French) Novethic, Maxence Layet, 03/02/2005

• Innovative Program to Resurrect Dying Coral Reefs Launched in Lombok, Vila Ombak Diving Academy, 1/03/2005

• Fear land poisoned, Pols call for tests on site of planned homes, Donald Bertrand, Daily News, Boroughs 2/01/05

• Scientists get funds to test College Pt. waterfront site, Cynthia Koons, Times Ledger, 11/26/2004

• What Lies Beneath: Scientist says homes may be built on dirty soil, Aaron Rutkoff, Queens Tribune, 1/21/2005

• Tide Turns Toxic On College Point Waterfront, Aaron Rutkoff, Queens Tribune, 11/04/2005

• Pushing To Build Ahead Of Rezoning, Queens Tribune, Aaron Rutkoff, 8/5/2004

• The Reef Is Dying: Officials Rethink Why, Mark Howell, Reef Relief, 12/10/2004

• Study Blasts Flushing Airport Plan, Queens Tribune, Aaron Rutkoff, 3/22/2004

• The Reef Electric – Bio Rock.  Innovative Program to Resurrect Dying Coral Reefs Launched in Lombok, Bali Discovery Tours, 1/3/05

• Shock Treatment for Coral Restoration, Clark Boyd, BBC News, 10/8/04

• A Pacific Odyssey, Caspar Henderson, Open Democracy, 16 September 2004

• A Pacific Odyssey, (PDF) Caspar Henderson, Open Democracy, 16 September 2004 (See also on the same subject:
     Hotsarihie (Helen Reef) Project Report,  
     Hotsarihie (Helen Reef) Project Report Photos (1-26), 
     Hotsarihie (Helen Reef) Project Report Photos (26-55),

• Against All Odds, David Esponosa, Asian Diver, April/May 2004

• Hilbertz y Goreau--Visionarios, Constructores, Buceadores, Vladimir Riera, Buceadores, 1999

• Coral Reef Restoration in Komodo, BIWA Communique, 9/2003

• Biorock to ‘Build a Beach’ on Troubled Shores, The Peninsula, 6/1/2004

• Global warming and untreated Sewage pose threat to coral reefs, GulfNews, Jay B. Hilotin, 9/11/2004

• Tulamben Newsletter, Nursery of Artificial Reefs in Tulamben, Northeastern Bali, 8/2004

• Jolts of low-voltage electricity are reviving damaged coral reef off Indonesian resort, Marilyn August, Associated Press,   8/20/2004

• Locals, Officials Fume Over Toxic Foam, Queens Tribune, Asron Rutkoff

• Un Corallo per Alassion, Mondo Somerso, 7/2004 (Italian)

• Reef Dreams, The Australian, June 2004

• Associazione L.I.S.A. (Life In the Sea Again), Project Lisa, July 2004

• NAUKA Metalowy kwiat lotosu ożył,  Newsweek Polska, June 2004

• Wenn Inseln von alleine wachsen, Geoscience Online, Wolfgang Hilbertz, July 2004

• Saving The Coral Reefs, The Green Millennium Club, July, 2004

• Maldives Nurses Its Coral Reefs Back to Life, Haveeru Daily, Alan Wheatley , May 3, 2004

• Inselträume, Wolf Hilbertz will im Indischen Ozean ein Korallenriff erschaffen und darauf einen Staat gründen Berlin Online, Thorkit Treichel, October 2003

• Korallenriffe unter elektrischem Strom, Tagesanzeiger.ch Von Daniel B. Peterlunger, July 2004

• Autopia by Volker Schmidt

• ARCHE SAYA, Mare No. 34,Von Olaf Kanter, July 2004

• Un Cunero Para Los Corales,  Suplemento Científico Técnico EN RED, La Habana. Cuba

• Biorocking on Frankenstein Reef, Divernet, Diver Magazine, October, 2003

• Efforts Afoot to Protect Bali's Coral Reefs, The Jakarta Post, February 19, 2002 Pariama Hutasoit, Contributor, Bali

• Arcas de corales, La Prensa,  Gabriel Despaigne C. September 2002

• Global Coral Reef Alliance and Sun & Sea e.V.: Second BiorockT Workshop, United Nations Development Programme, October 2003

• Environment - Against All Odds, Asian Diver, David Espinosa, Scott Tuason, April 2004

• Maldives Diving and Ecotourism, Banyan Tree, 5/2004

• Breathing Life into Dying Coral Reefs, Jay B. Hilotin,  Gulfnews.com, 07/05/2004

• Maldives Shorelines: Growing a Beach, Thomas J. Goreau, Wolf Hilbertz, & A. Azeez A. Hakeem, May 1, 2004

• Bali Something Old, Something New, Always Predictable, (PDF) ScubaDiver Australasia, Michael Aw

• The Most Unique Reef System in South-East Asia, (PDF) SeaScience, Asian Geographic

• Bali Revisited in Depth, (PDF) ScubaDiver Australasia, Sue Crowe, Michael Aw,

• Nursery of Artificial Reef in Tulamben, North East Bali, (PDF) International Warriors Divers Assoc., 3/2004

• Grief on the Reef, NewScientist, March 5, 2004

• Study Blasts Flushing Airport Plan, Aaron Rutkoff, Queens Tribune Online, 3/22/2004

• Biorock Coral Project, Agung Bali Nirvana, Bali

• Saving the Corals, The Green Millennium Club online magazine, 1/2004

• Florida site under threat from dredge-dump projects, Marine Scientist, 4Q 2003

• Restore reef habitat, says expert, Tia Belau (Palau) 2/7/2003

• Rescate de Arrecifes, Lourdes Cruz Sosa, Diario de Yucatan, 11/19/2003. (English and Spanish)

• A Rescatar Isla de Ratones, Nélida González, Redacción VISION, 3/26/2003, (English and Spanish)

• Presentan Metodo Para Rehabilitacion de Isla Ratones, Rafael Suarez, De La Estrella de Puerto Rico, (English and Spanish)

• Following the Death of the Corals, Diario de Yucatan, Cozumel, November 23 2003, by Alejandro Moreno Pena. (English and Spanish)

• Artificial Reef to be Removed Fort Lauderdale, Fla. USA

• African Dust Storms Could be Killing Caribbean Reefs, Kathryn Winiarski The State, Columbia South Carolina

• Arcas de Corales,  Gabriel Despaigne C., La Prensa Panamá, 23 de Septiembre de 2002  (Spanish)

• Balance Of Life, Djuna Ivereigh, Indonesia Minister of Culture and Tourism, IslandLife, 2002

• Corallo alla griglia, Prisma (Italian) PDF, March, 2003

• Corals in Peril as Reefs Suffer Worldwide, Kathryn Winiarski, USA Today, 10/19/1998

• Coral Reefs: A Growing Concern, Discovery,  3/8/1999

• Coral Bleaching and Ocean Hot Spots, AMBIO, Journal of the Human Environment, 1994, T. J. Goreau1, R. L. Hayes

• Efforts to Save Ailing Coral Reefs Should Continue, Scientists Say, Kathryn Winiarski, The State, Columbia South Carolina, 10/28/2000

• Efforts Afoot to Protect Bali's Coral Reefs, Louis Lebel, SeaSpan, 3/7/2002

• Electrically charged frames are being used to create the limestone on which coral lives, Sean Hargrave, The Sunday Times of London, 3/14/1999

• Electric Reefs, Caspar Henderson, New Scientist, 6/7/2002   

• Marine Biology IT'S ALIVE!, Lance Leonhardt, Rodale's Scuba Diving, 12/2002

• Marine life hurt by development: Boro biologist, Alexander Dworkowitz, Bayside Times, 08/28/2003

• New Horizons for Indonesia, I Gede Ardika, IslandLife, Special Edition, 2002

• Giant Barnacle Brings New Life to Coral Reefs in the Maldivian Island of Ihuru, Angsana Resort, Maldives

• How to Grow a Living Reef from Iron and Seawater, Casper Henderson, Financial Times, 2/11/2001

• Mysterious New Diseases Devastate Coral Reefs, New York Times, Science Desk, August 19, 1997, Carol Kaesuk Yoon

• New wave Coral Reef Rejuvenation, Asian Geographic, June/August 2000 (PDF)

• Not Waving, Drowning, Murray Hogarth, The Sydney Morning Herald Magazine, 12/19/1998

• Program Defends Fish, Coral, Kathryn Winiarski, The State, Columbia South Carolina, 10/26/2000.

• Saya De Malha Bathymetric Survey Report, September, 2002

• Saya De Malha, Complete Report, (2MB PDF) September, 2002

• Silent Sentinels was originally broadcast on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on 19/5/1999. This transcript contains Real Audio excerpts.

• Shwerpunkt . KUNSTLICHE INSEL, Mare No. 34, Oktober/November 2002 (German)

• Taman Sari Hotel Reef Project, Bali, April, 2002

• Third Generation Artificial Reefs, Wolf Hilbertz, Thomas Goreau, Ocean Realm, Summer, 1998

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