In the News
Here are some of the things people are writing about us:
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2021
Survey of the world's reefs reveals the extent of the coral reef crisis
Phys.org covers the launch of the foundation's Global Reef Expedition Final Report.
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2021
Shifting Sands: Keeping up with Sea Level Rise on the Wild Islands of the Chagos Archipelago
A story in ECO Magazine's special issue on sea level rise, shows how KSLOF scientists used the discovery of a rich portfolio of vintage aerial photographs of the atoll islands in the Chagos Archipelago from the 1960s to learn how the coastline of these uninhabited tropical islands have changed over time—and how they are responding to rising seas.
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2021
Last Stop on the Global Reef Expedition
Scientists aboard the Global Reef Expedition – the largest systematic coral reef survey and mapping expedition in history – travelled to Chagos Archipelago to explore its remote coral reefs. What they found were reefs teeming with life, but also worrying signs of the unfolding coral reef crisis.
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2021
Mapping of the World’s Coral Reefs
The World Ocean Observatory covers KSLOF's partnership with NASA to accelerate the mapping of the world’s coral reefs
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2021
KSLOF's Dr. Mohamed Faisal speaks with Alekhbariya TV about the coral reef crisis
KSLOF board member and Lead Scientist Dr. Mohamed Faisal, speaks with Alekhbariya TV about the coral reef crisis, the Foundation's Global Reef Expedition, and our ongoing work with partners to map the world's coral reefs.
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2021
'Wonderful to look at, but truly depressing to understand'
BBC World Service interviewed our Chief Scientist, Dr. Sam Purkis, about what it was like to observe corals bleaching while on the Global Reef Expedition mission to the Chagos Archipelago.
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2021
The Living Ocean Foundation's Chief Scientist, Dr. Sam Purkis, published an article in The Conversation about what it was like to study reefs in the Chagos Archipelago as they were bleaching.