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Putting a Price on Coral: The Value of Reefs

Coral reefs play a vital role in our world today, and all of us benefit either directly or indirectly from their presence in our oceans. Studies estimate that over half a billion individuals directly benefit from the presence of reefs as a source food, income, and shoreline protection (1). Even though corals cover less than 0.2% of the Earth’s surface...

Canary in a Coalmine: Coral Reefs and Carbon Dioxide

The saying “canary in a coal mine” has been used since the 1900s referring to the small bird’s sensitivity to carbon monoxide as a warning to miners to escape a mining cave before it was too late. Today, coral reefs have become the proverbial “canary in a coal mine” when it comes to human’s impact on our planet...

Diving into Coral Conservation

Now that we’ve acknowledged the extreme decline corals are facing globally, it’s time to asks ourselves: what can we do to help? This was the driving force behind the formation of Rescue a Reef- we wanted to create a way to engage the public and make a difference in the health of coral reef ecosystems...

Our Garden Beneath the Waves

Just a few miles offshore, beneath the crystal blue waters of the Atlantic Ocean, lies an underwater forest. Its trees sway along with the ebb and flow of the tides. These trees are not the ones you imagine; no rough bark with large and leafy branches. Instead, composed of PVC trunks and branches...

It's a Plastic World: What's a Microplastic?

A year, a month, a week, a day. Even an hour, a minute, or a second cannot pass without the average individual utilizing plastic. It has become ubiquitous in our everyday lives and continues to grow more essential within healthcare, the transportation industry, and household items...

It's a Plastic World: The Emerging Threat to Reef-Building Corals

Coral reef biota are being infiltrated with microplastics, threatening not only our oceanic ecosystems but the corals themselves. After learning the ins and outs of what a microplastic is in the last blog post, it’s time to tackle the different threats microplastics impose on important reef-building corals.

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Putting a Price on Coral: The Value of Reefs

Canary in a Coalmine: Coral Reefs and Carbon Dioxide

Diving into Coral Conservation

Our Garden Beneath the Waves

It's a Plastic World: What's a Microplastic?

It's a Plastic World: The Emerging Threat to Reef-Building Corals

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