Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation
Providing science-based solutions to protect and restore ocean health
By Adrian Stacey Scuba Diver – Australia & New Zealand February 26, 2021 Shark populations are dwindling worldwide, and scientists are concerned that the decline could trigger a cascade of impacts that hurt coral reefs. But a new paper published in Ecology suggests …
Published in Bulletin of Marine Science Abstract Ocean acidification (OA) is impairing the construction of coral reefs while simultaneously accelerating their breakdown. The metabolism of different reef organism assemblages alters seawater pH in different ways, possibly buffering or exacerbating OA …
New evidence suggests that reef sharks exert weak control over coral reef food webs Shark populations are dwindling worldwide, and scientists are concerned that the decline could trigger a cascade of impacts that hurt coral reefs. But a new paper published …
The Living Ocean Foundation’s mangrove education and restoration programs in Jamaica and The Bahamas are profiled in the Winter 2020 issue of Saving Earth Magazine.
There is a decline in out-of-school science learning around the world, especially outdoor environmental education experiences. Through the Bahamas Awareness of Mangroves (B.A.M.) program, the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation takes students out of the traditional classroom setting and provides …
The Conversation December 14, 2018 By Anderson Mayfield Climate change threatens coral reefs around the globe. The high temperatures associated with this phenomenon can lead to “bleaching,” the breakdown of the symbiosis between corals and the algae that live within their cells. Since corals are nourished by these photosynthetically active algal …
SevenSeas Magazine By Liz Thompson and Renée Carlton Issue 62, July 2020 Scientists on the Global Reef Expedition explored New Caledonia’s remote coral reefs, some for the first time. In the South Pacific Ocean, at the edge of the Coral …
ECO Magazine 2020 Special Issue on Coral Reefs by Liz Thompson The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation sailed around the world to study coral reefs, returning with maps and data on the status of some of the most remote …
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation (KSLOF) had a very successful year. We published a number of peer-reviewed publications, including our Global Reef Expedition mapping paper in the prestigious journal, Coral Reefs. This paper showed how we used satellite …
The Global Reef Expedition: New Caledonia Final Report provides a comprehensive summary of our findings from our research mission to assess the health and resiliency of coral reefs in New Caledonia along with recommendations for preserving these reefs into the …