A recent study by scientists at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Science, the Cooperative Institute of Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS), and NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory (AOML) identified genetic variants in staghorn coral, Acropora cervicornis, that can tolerate elevated temperatures and nutrient pollution, two environmental stressors that […]
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A team of coral researchers from the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the University of Miami (UM) rescued 43 coral colonies after a sea wall collapsed at Star Island, near Miami Beach. The rapid coral rescue effort occurred at one of NOAA’s regularly monitored research sites. While conducting a routine survey, scientists from […]
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Coral Restoration and Resilience Informing and Enhancing Coral Restoration SCROLL TO LEARN MORE <!-- JUMP TO DATA OR SCROLL TO LEARN MORE --> Who We Are What We Do Coral Reefs are being damaged by climate change, pollution, ship groundings, and disease. Coral cover is declining worldwide, and widespread ecological degradation has impacted the structure, [...]
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The Experimental Reef Lab A tool for simulating dynamic future conditions on contemporary reef organisms SCROLL TO LEARN MORE Who We Are The Experimental Reef Lab (ERL) at the University of Miami was designed and built by AOML and the Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Science (CIMAS) for the purpose of finely manipulating temperature [...]
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