Coral sediment dredging must stop during bleaching events

Coral sediment dredging must stop during bleaching events

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...
Robert Kent Trench: In Memoriam

Robert Kent Trench: In Memoriam

ROBERT KENT TRENCH: IN MEMORIAM August 3 1940 – April 28 2021 Thomas J. F. Goreau, PhD President, Global Coral Reef Alliance Bob Trench, as a Professor at the University of California at Santa Barbara. The Global Coral Reef Alliance announces with the greatest sadness...
Biorock heals hurricane damaged Jamaican corals

Biorock heals hurricane damaged Jamaican corals

Biorock heals hurricane damaged Jamaican corals October 31, 2021 Thomas J. F. Goreau Thomas P. Sarkisian Sharren Robinson Global Coral Reef Alliance The record long and severe 2020 Hurricane Season spawned two category 5 hurricanes just south of Jamaica, Hurricanes...
UN Oceans: Regenerating the Sea of Cortes

UN Oceans: Regenerating the Sea of Cortes

United Nations Oceans Week talk on Regenerating the Canal del Infiernillo, Mar de Cortes, in Sonora, Mexico by Tom Goreau at the World Oceans Week Panel on Sustainable Blue Economy: New paradigm of action with emphasis on the Northwest of Mexico – Sustainable...