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Hope that Corals in the Great Barrier Reef Can Adapt to Rising Ocean Temperatures
In 2016, CORAL launched the Coral Adaptation Challenge, bringing together three working groups of prominent coral experts to investigate the probability that reef-building corals can adapt to rising ocean temperatures by the year 2100. A paper published in PLOS Genetics by some members of one of the working groups has a hopeful message: some corals in the GBR can adapt to rising ocean temperatures for the next 100 years. |
(Photo by The Story Collider © Victoria Ruan, 2017)
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Dr. Madhavi Colton Shares Her Dream for Corals on "Story Collider" Podcast
Dr. Madhavi Colton, Program Director at CORAL, shares her childhood dream of saving the world, and how she's fulfilling her personal mission by working to save coral reefs. Madhavi's personal story is powerful and inspirational, and she describes how her work at CORAL is influencing coral conservation in the era of climate change. Listen to Madhavi's engaging story at 16:10, and become inspired to save the world. |
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Pixar Invites CORAL to Speak About Coral Reefs for Earth Day
Pixar Animation Studios invited CORAL staff to speak with employees at their Emeryville, CA headquarters for Earth Day. CORAL staff shared the importance of reefs and the threats they face, and Pixar employees asked how they could reduce their carbon footprint to help save coral reefs. CORAL suggested simple actions like eating less red meat and avoiding single-use plastics like straws and plastic utensils. |
(Photo by CORAL/Michael Webster)
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Endangered Species Day- Elkhorn Coral
May 19 is Endangered Species Day! CORAL is highlighting Elkhorn coral (Acropora palmata), a coral that has suffered severe losses since the 1980s primarily as a result of disease and coral bleaching. Once a keystone reef-building species found across the Caribbean, it is now listed as "Critically Endangered" by the IUCN. Learn about CORAL's work in Tela Bay, Honduras to protect one of the last remaining healthy Elkhorn populations in the Caribbean. |
