Global Coral Reef Alliance
In honour of Maizan Hassan Maniku: Maldives coral reefs: past, present, and a sustainable Blue future
A public lecture in honour of Maizan Hassan Maniku: Maldives coral reefs: past, present, and a sustainable Blue future Dr Tom Goreau President, Global Coral Reef Alliance
Barbudans resisting destructive island developments excluded from UN Conference on Small Island Developing States (UNSIDS)
Press Release: Barbudans resisting destructive island developments ironically excluded from International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) For immediate release: 27 May 2024 As the 4th International Conference on Small Island Developing States...
Small Islands have legal right to to control CO2 and climate change
Today the Law Of The Sea tribunal ruled that Small Island States, inter alia, have the legal rights and obligations to prevent, reduce, and control pollution leading to climate change impacts on marine natural resources. Governments are required to prevent pollution,...
Great Barrier Reef bleaches again, as predicted, yet coral export continues
Great Barrier Reef bleaches again, as predicted, but continues exporting corals The Coral Bleaching HotSpot prediction method, developed by the Global Coral Reef Alliance in the 1980s, has projected every major bleaching event in the Great Barrier Reef. We warned a...
MALDIVES DREDGE DUMPING ON CORAL REEFS STOPPED BY INJUNCTION
MALDIVES DREDGE DUMPING ON CORAL REEFS STOPPED BY INJUNCTION A massive Maldives project to dump dredged material on top of reefs to create artificial islands has been stopped for the first time by a Maldives Court Injunction, due to lack of scientifically sound...
CRISIS BELOW THE WAVES: THE BATTLE FOR CORAL REEF TRANSPARENCY AND SURVIVAL
Jamaican Daily Gleaner January 30 2024 Crisis below the waves: The battle for coral reef transparency and survival DR THOMAS Goreau, a pioneer in marine science, is sounding a clarion call for greater transparency regarding the alarming extent of coral reef damage...
COP28: Coral Reef Extinction From Global Warming Requires Reparations From Fossil Fuel Producers
December 1, 2023 COP28: CORAL REEF EXTINCTION FROM GLOBAL WARMING REQUIRES REPARATIONS FROM FOSSIL FUEL PRODUCERS Thomas J. F. Goreau, PhD, President, Global Coral Reef Alliance 2023 is the hottest year in history, and Jamaica was the worst affected, with the highest...
Protecting the world’s vanishing coral reefs
MIT NEWS, 2021 Healthy coral reef, Upolu, Samoa, June 2023 by Gideon Brosius
Reef Relief: How Tom Goreau’s, PhD (MS ’72) electrifying technology is helping local communities rebuild the world’s coral reefs
Reef Relief How Tom Goreau’s, PhD (MS ’72) electrifying technology is helping local communities rebuild the world’s coral reefs 2023 FALL issue, The Techer, Caltech Alumni Magazine. By Marisa Demers FALL 2023 TRANSFORMING Photograph by Webb Chappell Tom Goreau,...
A Letter from 200+ World Scientists on Advancing Responsible Research and Development of Ocean-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal
Full letter at: https://www.oceancdrscience.org/ Society must advance responsible research, development, and field testing of ocean-based carbon dioxide removal techniques to determine their potential to help restore the climate and the ocean. Current levels of...
