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2019
Big data and the race to save coral reefs
With climate change fast eliciting coral bleaching on a global scale, marine biologists with the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation are using predictive modeling to identify resilient reefs and help prioritize conservation efforts.
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2019
Science Magazine | Atlas shows remote coral reefs
Scientists have produced a global atlas of coral reefs with unprecedented breadth and detail, providing a new baseline to track the health of these living structures threatened by climate change. The atlas focuses on remote, understudied reefs and maps more than 65,000 square kilometers of them, about 25% of the estimated total area of all reefs worldwide.
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2019
Scientists create largest collection of coral reef maps ever made
A study from scientists at the Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation and the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science offers a new way to accurately map coral reefs using a combination of Earth-orbiting satellites and field observations.
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2019
Scientists Create Giant Atlas of World's Most Remote Reefs
Gizmodo Australia interviews Living Ocean Foundation's Interim Chief Scientist, Dr. Sam Purkis, about mapping some of the most remote coral reefs on Earth.
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2019
New Atlas Captures Conditions of Nearly One-Fourth of World's Coral
This article in Popular Mechanics covers how the Living Oceans Foundation used satellite images to make coral reef maps on a global scale. It shows how our new high-resolution maps of coral reef habitats could help identify areas under threat and in need of protection.
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2018
Are reef corals stressed or just pessimistic?
Scientist Anderson Mayfield discusses his work studying coral health through molecular biology, work he conducted as a KSLOF Fellow on the Indo-Pacific portion of the Global Reef Expedition.
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2018
This article about Princess Hala bint Khalid bin Sultan's recent visit to King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) showcases her work with the Living Oceans Foundation. She discussed her father Prince Khalid bin Sultan’s passion for diving—which began when he first dove in the Red Sea in the mid-1990s— and how this passion fueled the establishment of the foundation.
