Global Coral Reef Alliance
Dr Tom Goreau to talk on Communities of Ocean Action (COAs), 30-31 May 2019
Dr. Thomas Goreau, Advisor for Ocean Work Programme, Small Island Developing States DOCK (https://sidsdock.org/) will speak on: Lessons from the COAs on Sustainable Blue Economy and Scientific Knowledge, Research Capacity Development and Transfer...
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Stephen Attis – In Memoriam
The Global Coral Reef Alliance is deeply saddened to report the loss of the head of Vone Research “Diving for Science”. Steve led the heroic crew that built, installed, and maintained the Biorock coral reef at Lauderdale By The Sea. He was an...
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Dr Tom Goreau to talk on Global Earth Repair Conference, May 3-5 2019
The Global Earth Repair Conference will bring 500 or more people together to talk about earth repair (ecosystem restoration) at local, regional, state, national and international levels. More information in: ...
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Dr Tom Goreau to talk on BioGeoTherapy: Reversing Climate Change by Regenerating Land and Ocean Ecosystems at Regenerating Ecological Systems Conference, April 28 2019
A review of John Todd, 2019, HEALING EARTH: An ecologist’s journey of innovation and environmental stewardship
Thomas J. F. Goreau, PhD President, Global Coral Reef Alliance Ecosystem restoration pioneer John Todd begins his new book with “I am writing this book based on the belief that humanity will soon become involved in a deep and abiding worldwide partnership with nature....
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Global ocean warming accelerates threats to coral reefs, need to remove CO2
In How fast are the oceans warming?, L. Cheng, J. Abraham, Z. Hausfather, & K. Trenberth, 2019, Science, 363:128-129, reassess global ocean temperature data and finds that the heat content of the ocean is increasing considerably faster than had been realized, and...
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Biorock™ Coral Ark grows elkhorn in Jamaica
Elkhorn coral, Acropora palmata, was the most common coral in shallow Jamaican and Caribbean reefs in the early 1950s until the corals were killed from sewage pollution, global warming, soil erosion, and new diseases. Now it is locally extinct almost everywhere around...
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Recharging Indonesian marine biodiversity
Thomas J. F. Goreau, PhDPresident, Global Coral Reef AllianceScientific Advisor, Biorock Indonesia Indonesia has the largest and most biodiverse coral reefs, mangroves, and seagrasses of any country in the world. Sadly, all are under severe pressure. Around 95% of the...
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Biorock Barong And Rangda reef installed in honor of Agung Prana
Thomas J. F. Goreau, PhDPresident, Global Coral Reef AllianceScientific Advisor, Biorock Indonesia The late Agung Prana, a leader of Balinese ecotourism, was commemorated by installation of a Biorock reef shaped like the quintessential Balinese mythological figures,...
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Biorock beach regeneration expands
Thomas J. F. Goreau, PhDPresident, Global Coral Reef AllianceScientific Advisor, Biorock Indonesia The severely eroded beach at Pulau Gangga Resort, North Sulawesi, Indonesia that was naturally regenerated at record rates with Biorock Anti Wave (BAW) reefs (Goreau...
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Happy Winter Solstice! 2018 GCRA activities report
by Thomas J. F. Goreau, PhD, President, Global Coral Reef Alliance BARONG & RANGDA, Biorock sculpture of the quintessential Balinese myth of the struggle between good and evil, installed December 14 2018 in honor of late Balinese ecotourism pioneer Agung Prana....
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Mangrove restoration in Borneo for carbon sequestration, sustainable biofuels, and orangutan sanctuary
Biomass Energy with Carbon Capture and Sequestration (BECCS) and many fake “sustainable biofuel” projects continue to misinform about their net impacts using false carbon accounting.Some examples are given in this New York Times article, which unfortunately fails to...
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