With compelling evidence that we have lost half of the world’s tropical coral reefs over the last few decades, there is an urgent need to understand their overall health. Without this basic information to use as a baseline, it is
After we announce the winners of our Science Without Borders® Challenge, I get a lot of questions about the students. Where are they from? How long have they been interested in art? Are they planning on studying art at university? The incredible artwork
Another Science Without Borders® Challenge has come to a conclusion. We received over 600 pieces of artwork from 38 different countries, each a unique and individual piece portraying Why Coral Reefs Matter. Once again, I’m in awe at the artistic abilities of our youth.
Recently, there has been a welcome upsurge in the number of marine parks around the world. But, along with their creation comes the question, how well do they function? Scientists have been working to answer this through research into park
Maggie Dillon is a Science and Education Intern for the Khaled bin Living Oceans Foundation (KSLOF). She is a senior at St. John’s College in Annapolis Maryland. After graduating, Maggie is interested in pursuing a Master’s Degree in Marine
Stacy Jupiter wrote this article for us when we researched in Fiji in 2013. Now with our results in – hand her words still seem apt. Threats to marine resources Across the world, coral reefs and fisheries are in crisis.
On our return to Fiji, government officials receiving our scientific results, discussed the benefits of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). When we collected the data for our research, we saw first hand how an MPA can transform the marine environment. Marine Protected
When we conducted field research in Lau in 2013 we noticed that the coral reefs seemed to have an unusually large number of fluorescent, brightly colored corals, more than we’d seen in past expeditions. Our full report of research in
As the crew and science team watched from the M/Y Golden Shadow, a bigger, brighter moon filled the night sky rising above the island of Vanuabalavu on June 23, 2013. When the moon is closest to Earth, called perigee, it
