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REEFocus
- Nov 18, 2020
- 4 min
CORAL RESTORATION PROJECT AT EASTERN DRY ROCKS AWARDED $5 MILLION GRANT
The project will strengthen coastal resilience, revitalize critical fish and wildlife habitat, and engage the community as part of NOAA’s...
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REEFocus
- Nov 10, 2020
- 2 min
NEW NURSERY IS HALF-WAY HOUSE FOR RESCUED CORALS
Coral Restoration Foundation™ (CRF™) is working with Florida Keys Electric Coop to rescue corals from structures scheduled for...
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REEFocus
- Aug 7, 2020
- 1 min
BREAKING NEWS: 14-MONTH-OLD STAGHORN OUTPLANTS SPAWN IN THE WILD
On the evening of August 6th, 2020, CRF™ divers witnessed the youngest nursery-raised and outplanted staghorn corals to spawn in the wild...
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- Aug 7, 2020
- 1 min
BREAKING NEWS: OUTPLANTED ELKHORN SEEN SPAWNING FOR THE FIRST TIME ON FLORIDA’S CORAL REEF
On the evening of August 5th, 2020, a team from University of Miami, supporting NOAA-led research, observed outplanted elkhorn coral...
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REEFocus
- Jul 1, 2020
- 4 min
THE WORLD’S FIRST LARGE-SCALE CORAL SWAP SEES LOST CORAL GENOTYPES RETURNED TO OCEAN-BASED NURSERIES
This week, a first-of-its-kind, large-scale, coordinated “coral swap” of critically endangered staghorn coral took place in Key Largo,...
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REEFocus
- Dec 17, 2019
- 4 min
Onto Bigger and Better Things: Boulder Corals Thrive after Reef Outplanting
Boulder corals are among many coral species whose growth and survival have been affected in the face of climate change and disease. Stony...
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REEFocus
- Dec 9, 2019
- 3 min
Scientists have a plan to save America’s “Great Barrier Reef”
At a press conference in Key Largo, Florida, today, NOAA, Coral Restoration Foundation™, and other partners announced a groundbreaking...
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REEFocus
- Aug 16, 2019
- 2 min
The Search is on for a Student Film to Help Save Coral Reefs
Through the National “Coral to Action” Student Challenge, we are searching for the best short film of a minute or less that tells the...
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REEFocus
- Aug 9, 2019
- 3 min
CORAL SPAWNING PARTNERSHIP BREEDS NEW HOPE FOR CORAL REEFS
Marine biologists from several organizations are gathering in the Florida Keys next week for the annual spawning of endangered stony...
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REEFocus
- Jul 18, 2019
- 3 min
New Techniques are Ramping up Reef Restoration in the Florida Keys
Coral Restoration Foundation™ is able to grow more than 44,000 “reef-ready” corals every year. We are now developing ways of getting...
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REEFocus
- Jul 18, 2019
- 2 min
Hope for Coral Reefs Takes Hold in Times Square
Coral Restoration Foundation™ and Tinsley Advertising have teamed up to create an eye-catching film to run on Broadway, in Times Square....
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REEFocus
- Jun 4, 2019
- 3 min
NASA Astronauts Help Restore Coral Reefs while Training for Missions to the Moon and Mars
Astronauts and other crew members from NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA) will be living in an underwater habitat off the Florida...
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REEFocus
- May 8, 2019
- 2 min
Boulder Corals Inch Towards Success
The Coral Restoration Foundation™ has been eagerly awaiting our first boulder coral update of 2019 - Are the boulder corals healthy? Have...
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REEFocus
- Apr 3, 2019
- 4 min
A Multi-Agency Effort: Critical Boost to Genetic Diversity on the Florida Reef Tract
This week, over 3,000 unique genotype corals, reared at the Florida Aquarium from eggs and sperm collected from corals in the Coral...
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REEFocus
- Dec 5, 2018
- 1 min
The Growth of a Boulder Tomorrow
With Reef Futures 2018 coming up in just a few weeks, intern Kristin Anderson is hard at work preparing a poster to present at the...
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