History Timelines

The research team conducted aerial and SCUBA assessments at the southern end of Andros Island and off of Berry Island to determine marine ecosystem structure and diversity.

This immersive educational program aimed to further Bahamian educators’ understanding of marine environments and coral reefs, in particular. The program covered topics on coral biology, ecology, and local ocean conservation issues, and included field experience. The ten local teachers also …

In partnership with NOAA and George Mason University, Dr. Andy Bruckner delivered a workshop that included classroom, laboratory, and in-water training. The emphasis of the course was on the identification of coral diseases, approaches to characterization and quantification of the …

Following on from our research in the Society Islands, we continued with reef assessments round the Tuamotu islands. They constitute the largest archipelago in French Polynesia, spanning an area that is similar in size to Western Europe (but with a …

The Global Reef Expedition begins as the Foundation embarks on a five-year mission to circumnavigate the globe, surveying some of the most remote coral reefs on the planet. The primary goals of the Expedition are to map and characterize coral …