Press Releases
Please find our most recent press releases here.
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2022
Educators Dive into Ocean Odyssey
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation, in partnership with K2 Studios, has published a set of lesson plans to help middle school students dive into a new IMAX® film, Ocean Odyssey.
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2022
The Living Oceans Foundation is sharing its findings from the Global Reef Expedition at the 15th International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS) in Bremen, Germany.
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2022
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation is a proud member of the Foundation's Dialogue, and signed on to the Bouknadel Statement to encourage a greater investment in marine science from the philanthropic community.
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2022
Students Beautifully Illustrate a Ridge-to-Reef Approach to Coral Reef Conservation
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation is thrilled to announce the winners of their annual student art competition, the Science Without Borders® Challenge. Now in its tenth year, this international contest engages students in ocean conservation through art, encouraging them to create artwork that inspires people to preserve, protect, and restore the world’s oceans.
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2021
A Groundbreaking Survey of the World’s Reefs Reveals the Extent of the Coral Reef Crisis
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation has published a complete summary of their findings from the Global Reef Expedition—the largest coral reef survey and mapping research mission in history. The Global Reef Expedition Final Report provides valuable baseline data on the status of the world’s reefs at a critical point in time and offers key insights into how to save coral reefs in a rapidly changing world.
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2021
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation has completed the largest coral reef survey and mapping expedition in history: The Global Reef Expedition. This scientific research mission circumnavigated the globe over the course of ten years in an effort to address the coral reef crisis.
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2021
A New Model of Coral Reef Health
Scientists have developed a new way to model and map the health of coral reef ecosystems using data collected on the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation’s Global Reef Expedition. This innovative method, presented today at the International Coral Reef Symposium (ICRS), can determine which natural and anthropogenic factors are most likely to lead to persistently vibrant coral and fish communities. Their findings can help scientists identify the reefs most likely to survive in a changing world.
