Behind every Foundation program is a community of dedicated people working together to better understand and protect our ocean. This collection features guest posts written by scientists, educators, interns, students, conservation professionals, partners, and other collaborators who have contributed to the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation’s work over the years. Sharing their own experiences and perspectives, these authors provide unique insights into our research, education, and conservation initiatives, offering readers a deeper understanding of the people and partnerships that make our work possible.
As the sun sets on Cay Sal Bank in the Bahamas tonight, our home for the last three weeks – the M/Y Golden Shadow – is steaming home toward Freeport. Our research team had one final dive this morning before
Hi Sonia… what is your background and connection to the Living Oceans Foundation? Hello! I am a Marine Biologist and I work under the supervision of professor Peter Mumby in the Marine Spatial Ecology Lab at the School of Biosciences
After 15 full days of Cay Sal Bank coral reef research, our expedition team is still going strong. Our survey divers have completed transects and fish counts at 29 separate sites across the bank on nearly 40 dives. You can
Hi Jeremy… Can you tell us about your involvement in the Living Oceans Foundation Global Reef Expedition? Sure, I’m a research assistant and a Ph.D. student in the National Coral Reef Institute housed at Nova Southeastern University’s Oceanographic Center and
The weather has been beautiful the last few days. The sea is calm enough we can look over the railings of the Golden Shadow and see the bottom clearly, 20 meters below. We were treated to a gorgeous sunset this
Throughout the weekend, our Global Reef Expedition research team continued to crank out dives and surveys in the far northeast corner of Cay Sal Bank. Tomorrow afternoon, following our team’s morning dives, the M/Y Golden Shadow will leave its current
After arriving at our new anchorage point around noon, the expedition team was quickly underway again on the M/Y Golden Osprey for more research dives on Cay Sal Bank. During the transit, I caught up with coral reef scientist Dr.
Our time in Cay Sal Bank is going fast – we’ve already reached our halfway point, marked by a short trip back to Freeport today. We’ve covered a lot of ground on the East side of the bank in a
During the last four days at our first anchorage site near Anguilla Cay, the expedition team covered a large amount of ground, including nine research dives. You can see the various research sites on the map below labeled as red
We completed another full day of research today with two dives in the morning about an hour away from our anchorage, and an afternoon dive nearby just off the point of Anguilla Cay. Our team continued with their surveys of
