Global Coral Reef Alliance
Ninety years of change on the Great Barrier Reef
By Tom Goreau Ninety years ago the Cambridge University Great Barrier Reef Expedition at Low Isle laid the foundations of modern coral research. The Global Coral Reef Alliance team has just spent the week with a Canadian documentary film crew...
Biorock brings corals back in Ambon
The corals of Ambon, in the Moluccas of Eastern Indonesia, were made famous by some of the greatest Natural Historians who ever lived. In the 1600s Georg Eberhard Rumpf, better known as Rumphius, described hundreds of new species of Ambonese plants and marine...
Coral growth after one month on new Cozumel Biorock reefs
These photos, taken by Torcuato Pulido Mantas in early July 2018, show typical examples of very healthy coral growth after just one month on new Biorock reefs in Cozumel, Mexico. The corals shown were naturally damaged and were rescued from dying when transplanted...
New Biorock coral reefs in Grenada
Nine new Biorock reefs were installed on June 25th and placed under power on the next day by the Global Coral Reef Alliance (GCRA), the Grenada Coral Reef Foundation (GCRF), and students and fishermen from the community at Gouyave, Grenada. In the following two...
New Cozumel Coral Restoration project
Six spectacular new Biorock coral reefs have been installed in June by the Global Coral Reef Alliance (GCRA) and our local partner the Cozumel Coral Reef Restoration Program (CCRRP), in Cozumel, Mexico, the world’s most popular diving destination. The new...
Agung Prana – In Memoriam
The Global Coral Reef Alliance is deeply saddened to report the loss of our great friend and leading Balinese partner, Agung Prana. Bapak Agung Prana’s constant support for Biorock projects over 20 years made Bali the world center of coral reef regeneration....
Government of Philippines to shut down Boracay, the country’s top tourist attraction, due to pollution
GCRA assessed coral health, algae, and water quality all around Boracay in 1997 and 2007, and made recommendations on tertiary sewage treatment to recycle waste nutrients on land and keep them off the reef. The first report was banned by the Minister of Tourism, and...
Biorock electrical fields inhibit shark biting
Article by Diana Crow published on April 5th 2018 in the Sierra Club magazine Original article @ sierraclub.org. Electric Shark Boogaloo Is there such a thing as an electric fence, but for sharks? PHOTO BY ISTOCK | WHITCOMB RD BY DIANA CROW | APR 5 2018 Marine...
Restoring Coral Reefs Is Possible and Surprisingly Fast
Written By Dr. Mercola Origianl posting on www.mercola.com https://youtu.be/Rx8TV9Kd0ns Coral reefs make up less than one-quarter of 1 percent of the Earth's surface,1 yet supply resources worth an estimated $375 billion annually, according to the International...
Frankencorals – In Science Magazine
The Frankenword glossary (Science: 359:154, 2018) omits Frankencorals! It covers death-dealing Frankentechnologies that alarm the public, but life-giving electrical technologies are completely excluded. We're shocked: none of your examples involves electricity like...
Panama Canal Port Dredging That Damages Coral Reefs Stopped By Legal Action
The lawsuit by Centro de Incidencia Ambiental (CIAM) against dredging that would damage coral reefs in front of the Panama Canal (based on GCRA reef surveys with the Galeta Marine Laboratory) was admitted by Panamanian Courts on 8 January 2018. This means that the...
Managing Ornamental Coral Trade in Indonesia
A Case Study in Bali Province during the last seven years, a thesis dissertation at Xiamen University, Fujian, China by Sandhi Raditya Bejo Maryoto, Biorock Indonesia Maluku Project Officer, covers the rapid expansion of coral exports for the aquarium trade in...
Dredging threatens exceptional coral reefs in front of Panama Canal
Biorock electric coral reefs survive the most severe hurricanes with little or no damage
Two new Global Coral Reef Alliance videos answer the question many people have: what happens in a hurricane? Here we show that Biorock reefs hit by the eye of three of the strongest Caribbean hurricanes, Hanna, Ike, and Irma, suffered almost no physical damage and...
Planetary Pact with Mother Earth still overdue in 2018
Comments on the following article: Regenerating soil and biomass carbon can reverse global climate change posted on the Soil Carbon Alliance website. Coral reefs are already the first victims, we exceeded the global bleaching temperature tipping point...
2017 GCRA Activities
GCRA Wishes a Happy New Year 2018 Please support the GCRA Year-End Fund Raising Campaign 2017 GCRA Yearly Report Thomas J. F. Goreau, PhD President, Global Coral Reef Alliance Corals continued dying around the world in 2017 from global warming, pollution, and...
Governments can’t say they weren’t warned that coral reefs can take no further warming!
Not 2 degrees, not 1.5 degrees, not even 1 degree! That’s why the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, where I will speak tomorrow about large-scale regeneration of marine ecosystems to reverse global climate change, is a death sentence for...
The Original 1991 Geotherapy Proposal to Reverse Global Climate Change
To: The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (the parent of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change) From: R. Grantham, H. Faure, T. J. Goreau, T. Greenland, N. A. Morner, J. Pernetta, B. Salvat, & V. R. Potter Date: October 16 1991 This...
Coral bleaching is now starting over a large part of the Caribbean
Here in Jamaica it is in the earliest and mildest phases, with only the most sensitive colonies of the three most sensitive species showing paling. Temperatures in Jamaica were only briefly above the HotSpot levels, and have cooled since, so bleaching is not likely to...
Before and After : Biorock Electric Reefs in Curaçao
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYSBdRCW6d0 Before and After time-lapse series by Michael Duss showing spectacular coral growth on Biorock electric reefs in Curaçao. This video shows the coral development at our BioRock project in Curacao with the status September...
Shark bites deterred by Biorock Electric Coral Reef Projects
Coral reefs are the most biologically diverse marine ecosystems and provide vital ecosystem services. Global warming, deteriorating water quality, overharvesting, and other threats are accelerating coral reef decline. An innovative coral reef restoration method,...
Elkhorn Reef Restoration: Westender, Jamaica after 1 month
June 29 2017 Thomas J. F. Goreau In the 1950s Jamaica was surrounded by some of the finest coral reefs in the Caribbean, which were the first in the world to be studied by diving (Goreau & Goreau, 1959). These were almost all destroyed by eutrophication caused by...
Coral, Sea Grass, and Mangrove Restoration Galeta Lab, Panama
June 27 2017 Coral Reef, Sea Grass, and Mangrove Restoration Projects using Biorock Technology at Galeta Marine Laboratory, Colon, Panama Preliminary Report and Recommendations Thomas J. F. Goreau-Arango & Gabriel Despaigne-Ceballos INTRODUCTION Biorock electric...
Solomon Islands to start worlds largest Mariculture farm
Solomon Islands to start worlds largest Mariculture farm at Ontong Java Atoll June 20 2017 The Solomon Islands government approved a new mariculture farm and hatchery project, expected to be the world’s largest, on June 1 2017. It will be located in Ontong Java, one...
Pemuteran Biorock Honored at UN World Oceans Day Celebration
http://www.biorock-indonesia.com/pemuteran-biorock-projects-honored-at-un-world-oceans-day-celebration-in-new-york/
Balinese Villager seeks solutions on World Ocean Problems at UN
http://www.biorock-indonesia.com/balinese-villager-seeking-solutions-on-world-ocean-problems-with-policy-makers-and-scientist-at-un-ocean-conference/
Biorock Coral Restoration comes back to Jamaica after 25 years
BIOROCK ELECTRIC CORAL REEF RESTORATION COMES BACK HOME TO JAMAICA AFTER 25 YEARS The first new Biorock electrical coral reef restoration project in Jamaica for 25 years has been started. The small project is located in front of Westender Inn, at the extreme end of...
Coral Arks, Climate Strategy: Saving coral reefs in the short and long term
CORAL ARKS, CLIMATE STRATEGY: SAVING CORAL REEFS IN THE SHORT AND LONG TERM May 7 2017. The Global Coral Reef Alliance / Soil Carbon Alliance urgently seeks funding during 2017 to support leadership in Geotherapy: global ecosystem regenerative development to reverse...
New York City drain project approved that will severely damage ten year old Biorock salt marsh, mussel, and oyster restoration projects that could save the City billions of dollars in climate change adaptation costs.
DEC Approves MacNeil Park Outfall Pipe BY JAMES FARRELL Staff Writer : Queens Tribune A proposed city Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) storm water outfall pipe on the northern shoreline of College Point’s MacNeil Park has been granted a permit by the...
NYCDEP about to destroy historic 10 year NYSDEC salt marsh, oyster, and mussel restoration at McNeil Park, College Point, Queens
March 31 2017, To: NYS DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos State Senator Tony Avella New York City Department of Environmental Protection is racing ahead with irresponsible plans to destroy the most successful oyster, mussel, and salt marsh restoration project ever...
