by tsarkisian | Jan 30, 2018
The lawsuit by Centro de Incidencia Ambiental (CIAM) against dredging that would damage coral reefs in front of the Panama Canal (based on GCRA reef surveys with the Galeta Marine Laboratory) was admitted by Panamanian Courts on 8 January 2018. This means that the...
by herrzoox | Jan 15, 2018
Panamanian environmental groups use Global Coral Reef Alliance study of healthy coral reef in front of the Panama Canal breakwater to try to save it from destruction by port development. La Prensa article December 28 2017 (Spanish) CIAM...
by herrzoox | Jan 1, 2018
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...
by Tom Goreau | Nov 11, 2017
Not 2 degrees, not 1.5 degrees, not even 1 degree! That’s why the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, where I will speak tomorrow about large-scale regeneration of marine ecosystems to reverse global climate change, is a death sentence for...
by Tom Goreau | Nov 10, 2017
Panamanian Caribbean coral reef temperatures have been very hot in 2017 and have hovered near the bleaching temperature threshold almost all year. Bleaching began around March, unusually early, but by June waters had cooled down below the threshold, and corals went...