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Mote scientists and pharmaceutical innovators work with the National Park Service to treat lethal coral disease

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 16:48:59 +0000

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium teamed up with the National Park Service and pharmaceutical scientists at Ocean Alchemists LLC to develop treatments for black band disease (BBD), a lethal coral …

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Coral ‘matchmaker’ breeds threatened species

Mon, 28 Oct 2019 19:28:34 +0000

Florida’s coral reefs have enough problems—unprecedented levels of coral disease, climate change, pollution and hurricanes—without struggling to reproduce sexually. But struggle they do. As environmental stress grows and coral populations …

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Glowing, Glowing, Gone?

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 15:53:03 +0000

Coral reefs support more than 25 percent of ocean species, but they are declining around the world. Serious coral diseases, pollution and climate change can all stress corals. When water …

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Mote Scientist Earns Prestigious Presidential Award for Coral Research

Wed, 03 Jul 2019 19:01:02 +0000

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium is extremely honored to announce that Dr. Erinn Muller, Science Director of Mote’s Elizabeth Moore International Center for Coral Reef Research & Restoration and Manager …

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Founders Garden Club supports coral disease research at Mote Marine Laboratory

Tue, 21 May 2019 14:21:44 +0000

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium coral scientists may get one step closer to better understanding a devastating coral disease with the help of a new grant from the Founders Garden …

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Mote battles unprecedented threat to Florida’s coral reefs

Mon, 25 Mar 2019 12:56:37 +0000

New research results, expanded restoration efforts target stony coral tissue loss outbreak Florida’s coral reefs are facing an unprecedented, deadly and rapidly spreading coral disease outbreak — putting them at …

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End-of-year update: Mote’s ocean acidification research system expands after Irma

Wed, 19 Dec 2018 15:30:37 +0000

This year, Mote Marine Laboratory staff rebuilt and enhanced their ocean acidification research system in the Florida Keys to double its capacity and incorporate finer-scale controls of experimental conditions, after …

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End-of-year update: Mote studies coral restoration strategies amid unprecedented disease outbreak

Wed, 19 Dec 2018 15:18:28 +0000

As the unprecedented outbreak of stony coral tissue loss disease continues affecting more than 96,000 acres of Florida Keys reefs during December 2018, Mote Marine Laboratory and the Florida Department …

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End-of-year update: Coral-saving knowledge exchanged at Reef Futures symposium

Wed, 19 Dec 2018 14:56:28 +0000

Science-based coral reef restoration took the spotlight during six Mote Marine Laboratory research presentations at the 2018 Reef Futures Symposium, hosted by the Coral Restoration Consortium during December 2018 in …

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BleachWatch program seeks volunteers to monitor corals in Florida Keys

Tue, 10 Apr 2018 14:19:52 +0000

Mote scientists will host a training session at 6 p.m. April 18 on Summerland Key for divers and snorkelers interested in volunteering for the Florida Keys BleachWatch program. This program …

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