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Trick or Treat?

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Several hours after dark on Halloween, a large school of bait fish attracted to the lights given off by the Golden Shadow, congregated near the aft deck to feed on plankton.  This fish behavior (and the lights) also attracted other …

New Caledonia Album

Beautiful ocean images and underwater photography from our New Caledonia Album in the Pacific Ocean taken during the Global Reef Expedition.

Amazing Algae

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The average person doesn’t get too excited about algae, which most know as seaweed.  It smells when it accumulates on the beach and rots, it can outcompete coral when left unchecked, and it’s generally considered bad for reefs, especially when …

Surveys and Sampling

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Two days of diving and our coral reef research is well underway in Isle de Pins, New Caledonia.  Although sea conditions were very murky, we explored three lagoonal patch reefs yesterday and successfully completed our standardized coral, benthic and fish …

Jamaica Coral Reefs Crisis – What Can Be Done?

This Jamaica Coral Reefs Crisis video reveals how conservationists and fishermen in Jamaica work together to help restore Jamaica’s coral reefs. Once known as the jewels of the Caribbean, Jamaica’s reefs declined over decades. Hurricanes, disease, and pollution have all …

Caribbean Coral Reefs

In this Caribbean Coral Reefs video, learn why coral reefs in the Caribbean are disappearing and what measures are being taken to preserve them. Is it too late to save Caribbean coral reefs?