2010 Global Coral Bleaching Alert

Thomas J. Goreau, PhD President, Global Coral Reef Alliance The Global Coral Reef Alliance (GCRA) predicts that 2010 will turn out to be one of the worst coral bleaching years ever, although the problems are only just starting at this time. GCRA invented the HotSpot...

Tourism, Water Quality and Reef Health

Sewage is tourism’s dirty little secret. Our investigator had to swim through a lot of it to make this video showing how it affects coral reefs. The first segment was taken near the Chankanaab Dolphin attraction on Cozumel, Mexico. The second was by Dolphin...

Hotsarihie (Helen Reef) Project Report

Thomas J. Goreau Wolf Hilbertz Sabino Sackarias Huan Hosei and the Hatohobei State Marine Park Rangers September 30 2004 Introduction All atoll islands are imminently threatened by global warming and global sea level rise (see the Global Coral Reef Alliance Briefing...

Maldives Shorelines: Growing A Beach

Thomas J. Goreau Wolf Hilbertz A. Azeez A. Hakeem May 1, 2004 We all treasure our blissful interludes on the shoreline, accompanied by the breeze, and sound of waves lapping at the shore, especially during the magic moments of sunset and sunrise. However, it is all...