The Global Coral Reef Alliance is a small, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to scientific research and sustainable management of the most valuable and threatened of all ecosystems—coral reefs.

GCRA is a worldwide coalition of volunteer scientists, divers, environmentalists and other individuals and organizations, committed to coral reef preservation. We primarily focus on coral reef restoration, and cutting-edge research on impacts of coral bleaching, global warming, marine diseases, global sea level rise, and pollution on corals.

GCRA scientists work with community groups, environmental organizations, foundations, governments or private firms to build, restore and maintain coral reefs, nurseries and marine sanctuaries. 

GCRA Projects include restoration of coral reefs and marine habitats for mariculture, tourism and shore protection.

GCRA invented and developed Mineral Accretion Technology™ and the Biorock™ method of electrical coral reef and marine ecosystem restoration, the HotSpot™ method to correctly predict coral bleaching from satellite sea surface temperatures, and integrated whole-watershed and coastal zone nutrient management (now commonly referred to as Ridge to Reef, or Hilltop to Ocean).

Founded in 1990, GCRA is the direct heir to a pioneering coral reef research tradition stretching back to the 1920s, and has the world’s largest collection of coral reef photographs from the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s.

Restoring

Coral reefs and marine habitats all around the world

Protecting

Coastal shorelines from erosion and the effects of climate change.

Helping

Local communities develop sustainable maricuture practices. 

 

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LATEST PAPERS

 

LATEST VIDEOS

Cleaning sewage pollution in Negril

CLEANING SEWAGE POLLUTION IN NEGRIL May 7, 2024 Thomas J. F. Goreau President, Global Coral Reef Alliance, former Science Advisor, Negril Coral Reef Preservation Society & Negril Environmental Protection Trust Negril: not enough clean water and too much dirty...

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HOW MUCH FASTER CAN BIOROCK INCREASE CORAL GROWTH?

GCRA WHITE PAPER HOW MUCH FASTER CAN BIOROCK INCREASE CORAL GROWTH? Thomas J. F. Goreau December 10 2023 Record fast coral growth enhancement under Biorock electrical stimulation of up to 4.126 times faster in diameter, 20.7488 times faster in length, and 353.225...

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Electric Reefs Enhance Coral Climate Change Adaptation

Electric Reefs Enhance Coral Climate Change Adaptation, a chapter by Tom Goreau in the book: Corals - Habitat Formers From the Shallow to the Deep (Giovanni Chimienti, Editor), explains how the Biorock process greatly increases resilience of corals and marine...

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Biorock grows back shallow reef crest in Saint Barthelemy

Biorock grows back shallow reef crest in Saint Barthelemy

Three power point presentations showing the Biorock coral reef projects in Saint Barthelemy were presented to the IFRECOR (the French National Agency that funds coral reef research in the French Overseas Territories of the Caribbean, Pacific, and Indian Ocean)...

 

HELP US SAVE CORALS

GCRA, is accepting donations to help fund our programs in 2019, training local communities in developing countries to use Biorock methods for large-scale marine ecosystem restoration and sustainable mariculture for the following projects: 

 

Indonesia
Panama
Jamaica
Vanuatu
Grenada
Bahamas
Philippines
Palau