Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation
Providing science-based solutions to protect and restore ocean health
In June 2012, the Living Oceans Foundation visited the Galápagos Islands as part of the Global Reef Expedition. Galápagos Ocean Currents This Galápagos Ocean Currents video reveals how the Galápagos Islands are in a unique oceanic location with dinstinctive ocean …
Corals have many natural and anthropogenic threats. Coral disease is just one of them. Find out more about corals, coral disease, and how coral disease is causing the deterioration of coral reefs around the world.
Climate change is one of the largest global threats to coral reefs. Learn how corals in the Galapagos Islands may be good indicators for climate change and how they may help in managing other coral reefs throughout the world.
On April 8, 2011, a Bahamas@Sunrise Special Edition Aboard the Golden Shadow was held in Nassau, Bahamas to kick off the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation’s Global Reef Expedition. This six-year endeavor conducted 3 legs of coral reef research …
This GoPro Flyover of Fijian Reefs shows the beautiful coral reefs of the Fiji Islands through the eyes of a GoPro camera aboard the Golden Fleet’s amphibious aircraft, the Golden Eye.
Joao Monteiro collects coral samples on a nightdive to assess coral fluorescence by measuring the photosynthetic efficiency of corals during the Global Reef Expedition.
A white tip reef shark was spotted off Bellinghausen, French Polynesia during our research missing to the Society Islands as part of the Global Reef Expedition. Luckily, we were able to video it eyeing us as much as we were …
Dr. Sonia Bejarano setting up GoPro cameras underwater to monitor herbivore feeding behavior in French Polynesia as part of the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation’s Global Reef Expedition. Video by Candice Jwaszko.
The Society Islands science team is establishing a Legacy site in French Polynesia. Legacy sites are observational areas that can be compared over time. They provide incredible insight into the future of coral reefs, and their resiliency to ecological disturbances.
Alberta Primetime Interviews Candice Jwaszko Coral Reef Educator, while on board the Golden Shadow in French Polynesia as part of the Foundation’s Coral Reef Educator on the Water (CREW) program. Candice Jwaszko, a science teacher from Alberta, Canada, was interviewed …
