coral reef restoration Archives | Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium Today's Research for Tomorrow's Oceans Mon, 22 Jul 2024 17:36:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Mote Marine Laboratory, Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge, and SCUBAnauts International Join Forces for Coral Conservation https://mote.org/news/mote-cwvc-sni/ Wed, 17 Jul 2024 12:00:25 +0000 https://mote.org/?p=12306 Mote Marine Laboratory joined forces with Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge (CWVC) and SCUBAnauts International divers this week to advance coral reef restoration in the Florida Keys. The combined teams embarked on a vital mission to expand and strengthen the coral nurseries so Mote can pursue broader and more significant outplanting initiatives in the future. By maintaining the nurseries, CWVC and SCUBAnauts played an invaluable role in Mote’s coral reef restoration and research efforts.

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On a mission: Mote and wounded veterans rebuild Key West coral reef https://mote.org/news/on-a-mission-mote-and-wounded-veterans-rebuild-key-west-coral-reef/ Fri, 14 Jul 2023 15:11:31 +0000 https://mote.org/?p=2022 On Thursday, July 13, Mote Marine Laboratory once again joined forces with members of the Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge (CWVC) to plant corals and restore the Higgs Head coral reef in Key 

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Mote Launches Transformative Coral Reef Restoration Project with a Nearly $7 Million NOAA grant https://mote.org/news/mote-launches-transformative-coral-reef-restoration-project-with-a-nearly-7-million-noaa-grant/ Mon, 24 Apr 2023 18:01:10 +0000 https://mote.org/?p=2117 Mote Marine Laboratory is pleased to announce it was awarded nearly $7 million from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for a four-year, multi-faceted project focused on implementing a 

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Mote scientists present at Reef Futures conference on coral reef restoration https://mote.org/news/mote-scientists-present-at-reef-futures-conference-on-coral-reef-restoration/ Thu, 27 Oct 2022 17:25:06 +0000 https://mote.org/?p=2251 Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium scientists participated in a conference consisting of a series of workshops that brought together over 600 coral restoration practitioners, researchers, students and resource managers from 

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Mote outplanted the first coral fragments from its satellite nursery in Islamorada https://mote.org/news/mote-outplanted-the-first-coral-fragments-from-its-satellite-nursery-in-islamorada/ Thu, 19 May 2022 18:24:33 +0000 https://mote.org/?p=2742 On April 28, Mote outplanted the first coral fragments from its satellite nursery in Islamorada at Bud ‘N Mary’s Marina. These corals were initially fragmented on the evening of November 11, 

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Mote announces plans for new land-based coral nursery, the first of its kind in Key Largo https://mote.org/news/mote-announces-plans-for-new-land-based-coral-nursery-the-first-of-its-kind-in-key-largo/ Tue, 01 Mar 2022 14:08:20 +0000 https://mote.org/?p=2770 Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium announced plans for future development to bring science-based coral reef restoration to Key Largo.  A new land-based nursery, the first in Key Largo, will be 

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Mote leader provides water quality briefing for Florida Delegation in D.C. https://mote.org/news/mote-leader-provides-water-quality-briefing-for-florida-delegation-in-d-c/ Mon, 08 Nov 2021 15:27:01 +0000 https://mote.org/?p=2796 During a Congressional hearing of the Florida Delegation in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 3, 2021, Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium’s President & CEO Dr. Michael P. Crosby was invited to 

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Mote coral restoration featured in nationally syndicated show https://mote.org/news/mote-coral-restoration-featured-in-nationally-syndicated-show/ Fri, 22 Oct 2021 14:41:39 +0000 https://mote.org/?p=2799 Mote’s coral reef restoration and research efforts will be featured on the nationally syndicated show, Wildlife Nation, featuring host Jeff Corwin and presented by Defenders of Wildlife. The episode, “Crocs 

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Mote’s coral restoration efforts featured in National Geographic magazine https://mote.org/news/motes-coral-restoration-efforts-featured-in-national-geographic-magazine/ Tue, 20 Apr 2021 14:32:17 +0000 https://mote.org/?p=3168 Mote’s coral restoration efforts featured in National Geographic magazine, on ABC’s Good Morning America The state of the world’s oceans and coral reefs, and how organizations like Mote are working 

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Mote Marine Lab becomes member of International Coral Reef Initiative https://mote.org/news/mote-marine-lab-becomes-member-of-international-coral-reef-initiative/ Tue, 16 Mar 2021 15:08:18 +0000 https://mote.org/?p=3184 As coral reefs, our “rainforests of the sea”, decline around the world, researchers, restoration practitioners, environmental managers, government regulators, and more race against the extinction clock. The International Coral Reef 

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