Social Media Ideas for Coral Reef Restoration

In 2015, Hawaii rescued fragments of a coral found only in Kaneohe Bay; after its wild colonies...

Marine biologists rescued rare Hawaiian coral fragments from Kaneohe Bay in 2015. These fragments were grown into mature colonies using a land-based nursery method. The grown cor...

Coral reef insurance payouts support restoration efforts across Hawaii

Hawaii's coral reefs are undergoing restoration efforts funded by the first two payouts from The Nature Conservancy's hurricane insurance policy following Hurricanes Lala and Lowel...

The underwater trees helping Florida restore its coral reefs

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'Encouraging' results from bid to restore coral habitats using artificial reefs

A team from the University of Galway are part of an international group testing the feasibility of restoring deep-sea coral habitats damaged by bottom trawling.

Irish scientists lay 3D-printed reefs in pioneering bid to restore deep-sea coral

Artificial reef project aims to speed up recovery process after decades of damage by commercial fishing ships

SSI Partners With The Coral Planters, Blue Oceans For Reef Restoration

Scuba Schools International is partnering with The Coral Planters in 2026 to turn divers' firsthand experience of reef decline into direct, measurable action.

Spirit of Hong Kong Awards: firm uses 3D-printed tiles to restore coral reefs

In 2014, a University of Hong Kong research team watched two years of reef restoration work collapse in Sai Kung. The Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department had asked t...

The Coral That Heals

A bleached coral, stripped of its color and slowly starving, can come back to life in just seven weeks -- if it is placed in contact with a healthy twin. Researchers at Stanford Un...

‘Reef into rubble’: Teams work to restore coral after hurricanes

This year’s hurricane season has ravaged the islands, with several homes completely destroyed, roads washing out and communities left to pick up the pieces. While it’s easy to see...

Maldives begins planting coral on 2 submerged planes to build artificial reef

Two decommissioned Dornier 228 aircraft are submerged near Kudagiri Island to create a diving attraction. Conservation teams are working to establish an artificial reef by attachin...

Coral reef development project in Al Batinah North

SUHAR: The Environment Authority, represented by the Environment Department in Al Batinah North Governorate, has implemented the first phase of the coral reef development project i...

‘Reef into rubble’: Teams work to restore coral reefs after hurricanes

This year’s hurricane season has ravaged the islands, with several homes completely destroyed, roads washing out and communities left to pick up the pieces. While it’s easy to see...

First large-scale hybrid reef deployment launched at Kalaeloa to combat erosion and rising seas

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation, in collaboration with DARPA and the University of Hawaiʻi, has launched the Kalaeloa Hybrid Reef Project, a first-of-its-kind nature-bas...

A Touch From Healthy Coral Clones Could Help Revive Bleached Corals in a Matter of Weeks 

Learn more about a promising method for restoring bleached corals and its implications for the future. 

Work ongoing to restore storm-damaged coral reefs, $22M in OT for Honolulu firefighters, Maui Land & Pineapple embro...

‘Reef into rubble’: Teams work to restore coral reefs after hurricanes.  Several teams across the state have been working tirelessly reattaching as much broken coral as they can si...

Galway scientists bet on 3D-printed coral reefs to revitalise marine life

‘We cannot simply wait for them to recover on their own,’ says Ifremer expert Marie-Claire Fabri. Read more: Galway scientists bet on 3D-printed coral reefs to revitalise marine li...

Could Coral Bleaching Be Reversed Quickly? Some Scientists Think So

Scientists may have figured out a new method for restoring coral reefs stricken with bleaching caused by climate change-induced marine heat waves.

Stanford Just Figured Out How to Lead Dying Coral Reefs to a ‘Fast and Full Recovery’

Stanford researchers confirmed that contact with healthy coral can revive bleached coral in as little as eight weeks.

Scientists placed 23 3D-printed reefs 1,100m underwater to test coral habitat recovery

Singapore’s plan to merge several islands could wipe out coral reefs

SINGAPORE — “For seven thousand years, Singapore has changed around these reefs,” says Debby Ng, a Singaporean biologist who studies the city-state’s shrinking coastlines of seagra...

Stanford Scientists Discover a Remarkable Way To Rescue Dying Corals in Just Seven Weeks

Bleached corals fully recovered within seven weeks after brief contact with healthy clones in laboratory tests, suggesting a possible way to speed reef restoration. Warm water can...

Hurricane Lowell triggers another payout of Hawaiʻi’s first-ever Reef insurance, the second time in 3 weeks

Live corals already were documented washed ashore on Kauaʻi, while underwater assessments are being mobilized to determine the extent of reef damage and marine debris.

These Mysterious Underwater Reefs Could Help Save Marine Life As Coral Reefs Decline

Submerged ancient forest floors off Mozambique now shelter young reef fish, suggesting overlooked peat reefs could offer some species refuge as coral reefs decline. Much of the sea...

Global coral reefs get less time to recover as oceans heat up, report finds

The world’s coral reefs are losing both hard coral cover and, just as critically, the time they need to recover between increasingly frequent marine heat waves, according to the mo...