Global Coral Reef Alliance
2017 GCRA Activities
GCRA Wishes a Happy New Year 2018 Please support the GCRA Year-End Fund Raising Campaign 2017 GCRA Yearly Report Thomas J. F. Goreau, PhD President, Global Coral Reef Alliance Corals continued dying around the world in 2017 from global warming, pollution, and...
The Original 1991 Geotherapy Proposal to Reverse Global Climate Change
To: The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (the parent of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change) From: R. Grantham, H. Faure, T. J. Goreau, T. Greenland, N. A. Morner, J. Pernetta, B. Salvat, & V. R. Potter Date: October 16 1991 This...
Biorock Electric Reefs Grow Back Severely Eroded Beaches in Months
Biorock Electric Reefs Grow Back Severely Eroded Beaches in Months Thomas J. F. Goreau 1,2 and Paulus Prong 2,3 1 Global Coral Reef Alliance, 37 Pleasant Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA 2 Biorock Indonesia, Bali 80361, Indonesia...
The role of the community in supporting coral reef restoration in Pemuteran, Bali, Indonesia
Biorock coral reef restoration in Pemuteran is shown in this paper to have strong support of all sectors of the community because restoration of the economic, environmental, and ecosystem services the reef provides have transformed their way of life from the poorest...
Coral Arks, Climate Strategy: Saving coral reefs in the short and long term
CORAL ARKS, CLIMATE STRATEGY: SAVING CORAL REEFS IN THE SHORT AND LONG TERM May 7 2017. The Global Coral Reef Alliance / Soil Carbon Alliance urgently seeks funding during 2017 to support leadership in Geotherapy: global ecosystem regenerative development to reverse...
New – 2017 Karang Lestari Foundation presentation
Karang Lestari Foundation presentation
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Global Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon, Rome, March 21-23 2017
Live Coverage of the Global Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon #GSOC17 Soil4Climate Facebook: Presentations by Tom Goreau, Coordinator, Soil Carbon Alliance Poster: Regenerative Development to Reverse Climate Change: Quantity and quality of soil carbon sequestration...
New Soil Carbon Alliance White Paper presents first calculations of how fast climate can be stabilized at safe levels
http://www.soilcarbonalliance.org/2016/12/17/new-soil-carbon-alliance-white-paper-presents-first-calculations-of-how-fast-climate-can-be-stabilized-at-safe-levels/
New diseases of soft corals
Ulcerated yellow spot syndrome: implications of aquaculture-related pathogens associated with soft coral Sarcophyton ehrenbergi tissue lesions. Authors: James M. Cervino, Briana Hauff, Joshua A. Haslun, Kathryn Winiarski-Cervino, Michael Cavazos, Pamela Lawther,...
Electrical Current Greatly Improves Oyster and Saltmarsh Growth and Survival Abstract
International Conference on Shellfish Restoration, James Cervino, Rand Weeks, Jason Shorr, Carmen Lin, Dajana Gjoza, & Thomas J. Goreau. Download abstract: Shellfish Restoration Conference abstract.
Marine Electrolysis for Building Materials and Environmental Restoration
Thomas J. Goreau, 2012 p. 273-290 in Electrolysis, J. Kleperis & V. Linkov (Eds.), InTech Publishing, Rijeka, Croatia Additional information is available at the end of the chapter http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/48783 1. Introduction Within weeks after Alessandro Volta...
Blue Planet Laureates Speak Out
This paper is a synthesis of the key messages from the individual papers written by the Blue Planet Laureates (Annex I describes the Blue Planet Prize), and discusses the current and projected state of the global and regional environment, and the implications for...
Mexican tidal project to tackle fresh water, electricity and marine life sustainability
The Tiburón Agua y Electricidad project in Mexico aims to provide thousands of megawatts of power along with enough fresh water to supply large parts of North Western Mexico and the Southwest US. It also claims it will be home to a reef-growing infrastructure...
World Conference on Ecological Restoration Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, August 2011
Conclusions: Special Session Geotherapy - Global Restoration Needs for Stabilizing CO2 and Climate, Organizer and Chairperson, Dr. Thomas J. Goreau Conclusions SERI 2011 Special Marine Restoration Session - Organizer and Chairperson, Thomas J. Goreau, PhD,...
Progetti non Convenzionali
Massimo Rossetti, DOSIER, February 2011 (Italian) Download Paper: Download PDF
ANALYSE COMPARATIVE DES DIFFERENTES METHODOLOGIES DE RESTAURATION DES RECIFS CORALLIENS DEGRADES
Line VAN BEVER, 2010 Download PDF (French)...
Land-Sourced Pollution with an Emphasis on Domestic Sewage: Lessons from the Caribbean and Implications for Coastal Development on Indian Ocean and Pacific Coral Reefs
Sustainability 2010, 2, 2919-2949; doi:10.3390/su2092919 sustainability ISSN 2071-1050 www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability Andre DeGeorges 1,2,*, Thomas J. Goreau 1 and Brian Reilly 2 1 Global Coral Reef Alliance, 37 Pleasant Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA; E-Mail:...
Suitability of mineral accretion as a rehabilitation method for cold-water coral reefs
Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Susanna M. Strömberg a, Tomas Lundälv b, Thomas J. Goreau c, August, 2010 Download PDF
Effect of severe hurricanes on Biorock Coral Reef Restoration Projects in Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands
Lucy Wells, Fernando Perez, Marlon Hibbert, Luc Clerveaux, Jodi Johnson, Thomas J. Goreau, 12-VII-2010. Download paper: Effect of severe hurricanes on Biorock Coral Reef Restoration Projects in Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos Islands
What is the Right Target for CO2?: 350 ppm is a Death Sentence for Coral Reefs and Low Lying Islands, the Safe Level of CO2 for SIDS is Around 260 Parts Per Million
T. Goreau, PhD, Delegation of Jamaica, Scientific & Technical Briefing to the Association of Small Island States, United Nations Climate Change Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark, December 7-18 2009 Summary: THE LONG-TERM SEA LEVEL THAT CORRESPONDS TO CURRENT CO2...
