A key cog in the restoration of the Florida Reef Tract – Mote’s Florida Coral Reef Restoration Crab Hatchery – formally opened Monday, even as a portion of the facility is being used to ...

In Bonaire, it’s something close to an “extinction-level event,” she said, meaning it’s nearly wiping out some of the island’s coral species. But scientists are not totally powerless ...

Yet globally, only $250 million has been spent on international coral reef restoration, despite estimates that coral reefs are worth upwards of $2.7 trillion to the international economy per year.

Restoration programs won’t save coral reefs. ScienceDaily. Retrieved July 12, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 04 / 250408121803.htm. Flinders University.

Why do people care about coral reefs? Why does their damage cause such concern and outrage? What drives people to go to great ...

Restoring degraded or destroyed coral reefs could protect nearly 3,000 people each year in Florida and Puerto Rico alone. Reefs would also prevent more than $391 million worth of damage to property ...

Before-and-after photos reveal the stunning impact of coral reef restoration efforts: ‘Gives me hope for the future’ Jeremiah Budin Mon, February 12, 2024 at 7:00 PM UTC ...

The offshore coral nursery located at Looe Key, Florida Keys, is operated by Mote and is an experiment to support the ...

Coral reef restoration is not a silver bullet, but a vital part of a multifaceted solution to the complex and urgent coral crisis. By combining active restoration with efforts to address climate ...

Experiments for this study were conducted on the Hawaiian stony coral species Montipora capitata.Credit: Chris Wall. The research, published today in Trends in Biotechnology, was conducted with ...

Record-high sea temperatures are bleaching coral reefs worldwide and putting a new focus on attempts to restore these key marine ecosystems. Restoration begins with obtaining coral, sometimes by ...