eTN Newsby Juergen T SteinmetzJune 9, 2024 A major milestone in its ongoing efforts to advance marine conservation and promote sustainable marine tourism in the Saudi Arabian Red Sea took place with a new partnership announced by the Saudi Red
DIVE MagazineMay 11, 2024 The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation’s annual art contest produces spectacular pieces inspired by life in the deep ocean The theme for this year’s Science Without Borders Challenge – the annual art contest hosted by
ANNAPOLIS, MD — The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2024 Science Without Borders® Challenge, an international student art contest that promotes ocean conservation. This year’s theme, “Hidden Wonders of the Deep,”
In DIVE Magazine By Stewart Butler February 15, 2024 Using space technology, a team of researchers has developed a technique for monitoring reef biodiversity on a global scale. Almost since the very day marine biology was invented the standard
In Phys.org February 10, 2024 Researchers used Earth-orbiting satellites to map coral reef biodiversity at a global scale to show that areas of high habitat diversity also have high species diversity. This new satellite mapping technique can help
In SevenSeas Magazine Issue 108, May 2024 This is the fourth global bleaching event in recorded history, the second to hit reefs in the past ten years. A worldwide network of coral reef scientists announced that the world is currently
Published in Coral Reefs Abstract Several remote sensing projects have produced coral reef habitat maps globally. This includes the Allen Coral Atlas (ACA) project. The present study focuses on assessing the accuracy of the ACA 6-class benthic habitat products
Published in Remote Sensing of Environment Abstract The ability to map coral reef biodiversity from orbit would greatly advance marine spatial planning. Presently, reef biodiversity is measured in situ by divers, but this method is inefficient and expensive. Remote sensing techniques
Researchers from the University of Miami and the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation used Earth-orbiting satellites to map coral reef biodiversity at a global scale to show that areas of high habitat diversity also have high species diversity.
Over the past year, we have made significant strides in our mission to protect, preserve, and restore the health of our oceans. See some of what we were able to accomplish in our 2023 Annual Report. Highlights include: Harnessing our
