Red flags ignored: Marine biologist says authorities turned blind eye to faults in building problematic sewage plant
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...
2023 GLOBAL CORAL REEF ALLIANCE WINTER SOLSTICE REPORT: REEF REPARATIONS FROM FOSSIL FUEL PRODUCERS FOR MASS EXTINCTION OF CORAL REEFS FROM GLOBAL WARMING
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,...
HOW MUCH FASTER CAN BIOROCK INCREASE CORAL GROWTH?
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...
BIOROCK CORALS GROW MORE THAN 20 TIMES FASTER
Measurements of the length and width of Acropora coral branches in Java, Indonesia, show that Biorock corals grew 20.7488 times faster in length and 4.126 times faster in thickness than control corals (Nugroho, Zuhry, Kusnandar, Simanjuntak, Alamsyah, & Karissa,...
COP28: Coral Reef Extinction From Global Warming Requires Reparations From Fossil Fuel Producers
December 1, 2023 COP28: CORAL REEF EXTINCTION FROM GLOBAL WARMING REQUIRES REPARATIONS FROM FOSSIL FUEL PRODUCERS Thomas J. F. Goreau, PhD, President, Global Coral Reef Alliance 2023 is the hottest year in history, and Jamaica was the worst affected, with the highest...
Bad Science and Good Intentions Prevent effective Climate Action
https://eartharxiv.org/repository/view/6244/ Bad Science and Good Intentions Prevent effective Climate Action Graeme MacDonald Taylor, Peter Wadhams, Daniele Visioni, Tom Goreau, Leslie Field, Heri Kuswanto 13 November 2023 https://doi.org/10.31223/X5DT25 Summary...
REAL AND FAKE CORAL REEF RESTORATION (UPDATED)
BIOROCK coral reef (top), concrete artificial reef (bottom), North Bali. The photographs above, from the original posted version of a recent article "Artificial coral reefs showing early signs they can mimic real reefs killed by climate change"...
LARGEST, HOTTEST, LONGEST CARIBBEAN BLEACHING: CORALS DYING FROM EXTREME HEAT
October 13, 2023 Negril, Jamaica LARGEST, HOTTEST, LONGEST CARIBBEAN BLEACHING: CORALS DYING FROM EXTREME HEAT Reanne McKenzie Executive Director, Negril Environmental Protection Trust Jean Brown, President, Negril Coral Reef Preservation Society Thomas J. F. Goreau,...
Biorock grows back shallow reef crest in Saint Barthelemy
Three power point presentations showing the Biorock coral reef projects in Saint Barthelemy were presented to the IFRECOR (the French National Agency that funds coral reef research in the French Overseas Territories of the Caribbean, Pacific, and Indian Ocean)...
Deadly coral bleaching heat wave spreads across entire Caribbean
Above is the latest NOAA Coral Bleaching HotSpot Map based on the Goreau-Hayes method of satellite sea surface temperature analysis. In round numbers, corals in yellow areas will bleach in about a month, while corals in orange areas will die in around a month. The...
Protecting the world’s vanishing coral reefs
MIT NEWS, 2021 Healthy coral reef, Upolu, Samoa, June 2023 by Gideon Brosius
Reef Relief: How Tom Goreau’s, PhD (MS ’72) electrifying technology is helping local communities rebuild the world’s coral reefs
Reef Relief How Tom Goreau’s, PhD (MS ’72) electrifying technology is helping local communities rebuild the world’s coral reefs 2023 FALL issue, The Techer, Caltech Alumni Magazine. By Marisa Demers FALL 2023 TRANSFORMING Photograph by Webb Chappell Tom Goreau,...
A Letter from 200+ World Scientists on Advancing Responsible Research and Development of Ocean-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal
Full letter at: https://www.oceancdrscience.org/ Society must advance responsible research, development, and field testing of ocean-based carbon dioxide removal techniques to determine their potential to help restore the climate and the ocean. Current levels of...
The Coral Builder
The Coral Builder. Corals are dying all over the world. Tom Goreau wants to save them: He builds artificial reefs in the sea and electrifies them. The animals should grow faster on it - and defy the climate crisis.
Integrated Biorock Blue Economy Strategy For Sustainable Islands And Coasts
GCRA WHITE PAPER Integrated Biorock Blue Economy Strategy For Sustainable Islands And Coasts Healthy coral reef, Upolu, Samoa. Ecosystem services of healthy biodiverse coral reefs like this have nearly vanished. Photographed June 2023, by Gideon Brosius....
The Role of Biorock Artificial Coral Reefs in the Sustainable Governance of Marine Protected Areas: A Case Study of Pemuteran, Bali
Nick Jamison Thesis dissertation 2009 University of London
Saving Coral Reefs From Extinction, June 4 2023, 2PM EST
JUNE 4 2023 2PM EDT To hear recording of talk click here: https://youtu.be/hWV8PG9lKP4 Coral reefs, the most temperature sensitive ecosystem, have already largely died from global warming and will be the first to go functionally extinct from global warming...
Biorock grows back Saint Barthelemy reefs: 2023 CRES Report
Reporte de Visita Arrecifes BioRock, isla de San Bartolomé en el Caribe, 2023 (Biorock grows back Saint Barthelemy reefs: 2023 CRES Report). This report by the Coalicion Restauracion Ecosistemas Santurcinos (Puerto Rico) describes the most successful coral reef...
Caribbean Coral Reefs: Nature’s nearly extinct treasure at its prime
Caribbean coral reefs, nature's most endangered masterpiece, are shown at their prime in The Caribbean Coral Reef: A Record of an Ecosystem Under Threat, by William K. Sacco, 2023, CRC Press. These remarkable photos, taken in Jamaica, Panama, and Curaçao in the early...
The Caribbean Coral Reef: A Record of an Ecosystem Under Threat
The Caribbean Coral Reef: A Record of an Ecosystem Under Threat By William K. Sacco This spectacular book shows Caribbean coral reefs at their prime "This book is a priceless historical record of Caribbean coral reefs by a photographer who set out to document all the...
Maldives can build it’s own future with Biorock Technology
February 6, 2023 MALDIVES CAN BUILD ITS OWN FUTURE WITH BIOROCK® TECHNOLOGY Thomas J. F. Goreau, PhD President, Global Coral Reef Alliance & Chief Scientist, Blue Regeneration SL Biorock technology is a crucial life-enhancing, island-building technology that...
Maldives coral reefs damaged by dredging
Dredging to create artificial islands just centimeters above sea level is damaging the Maldivian coral reefs that built and protected the islands. Concerned Maldivians point out how the country's future is being sacrificed to short term profit in Open letter to the...
Remineralize The Earth: Rock dust and biochar to reverse climate change
The role of rock dust and biochar to remineralize soils, increase agricultural and forest productivity, regenerate degraded landscapes, and store carbon in vegetation and soils are described by Tom Goreau, Joanna Campe, and Tom Vanacore Remineralize The Earth: Rock...
Velaa Private Island installs new state-of-the art Biorock® projects to regenerate coral reefs
Press Release - Velaa Coral Programme Biorock Velaa Private Island installs new state-of-the art Biorock® projects to regenerate coral reefs December 2022, Maldives Dr. Thomas J. Goreau and Thomas Sarkisian recently visited Velaa Private Island to spearhead the...
UNFCC COP 27 SACRIFICES CORAL REEFS AND SIDS YET AGAIN
UNFCC COP 27 has sacrificed coral reef ecosystems and Small Island Developing States again by failing to protect them from climate change. Before UNFCC was signed in Rio de Janeiro 30 years ago (1992) I briefed delegates of the Association of Small Island Developing...
Biorock: A technology specifically invented and developed to solve the sea level rise problem forcing Guna people to abandon their islands (in Spanish only)
Uggupseni project 2022 BIOROCK UGGUPSENI Una tecnología específicamente inventada y Desarrollada para resolver problemas ambientales de Guna Yala Una presentacion a el Congreso General Guna, Octubre 14 2022 Biorock: A technology specifically invented and developed to...
Electric Reefs Enhance Coral Climate Change Adaptation
Electric Reefs Enhance Coral Climate Change Adaptation, a chapter by Tom Goreau in the book: Corals - Habitat Formers From the Shallow to the Deep (Giovanni Chimienti, Editor), explains how the Biorock process greatly increases resilience of corals and marine...
Pristine Barbuda imperilled by unsustainable development
Will Luxury Resorts Threaten Caribbean Coasts? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Bd8wM0ECwc Barbuda is the last essentially pristine island left in the Caribbean other than uninhabited rocks. Barbuda is too dry for agriculture, so the people are master fishers...
Biorock: a revolutionary technology providing the most cost-effective solutions for regenerating coastal ecosystem services for building a sustainable Blue Economy and reversing global climate change
Biorock: a revolutionary technology providing the most cost-effective solutions for regenerating coastal ecosystem services for building a sustainable Blue Economy and reversing global climate change. Biorock® Technology for Climate Proofing Beaches, Regenerating...
Biorock Technology for Climate Proofing Beaches, Regenerating Marine Ecosystems, and Sustainable Mariculture
Blue Regeneration’s Virtual Side Event at the United Nations Oceans Conference, Lisbon, 15:00 June 30 2022 Biorock Technology for Climate Proofing Beaches, Regenerating Marine Ecosystems, and Sustainable Mariculture Jun 30, 2022 03:00 PM Lisbon Click here to join the...
