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Hao Atoll at Eye Level

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Research dives can be distilled down to lists of what is seen and what is not seen. Surveying the reef means figuring out what is there and what is missing. For the last few days, the science team has been …

Virtual Connections

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Throughout this week, students from two high schools—Gig Harbor High School in Gig Harbor, Washington and Corona del Sol High School in Tempe, Arizona—have been virtually following the Global Reef Expedition to learn more about the work of the Living …

Best Wishes for Reef Fishes

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Over the last ten days we were fortunate to have excellent weather and a hard working research team.  We completed surveys of representative reefs around both islands, hitting nearly every location we had planned.  Throughout this series of blogs, I …

Exploring Coral Reefs of Monkey Shoals

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Our morning dives were located at Monkey Shoals, a submerged bank that lies about 3 miles offshore between St. Kitts and Nevis and west of the Narrows.  The reef structure is reminiscent of a Pacific atoll, without the typical emergent …