It’s that time of year again. For many, Valentine’s Day is a chance to show their significant other affection with overpriced chocolate, romantic dinners and cards with cheesy love-related puns. Here on land, cards and flowers are a widely-accepted way to show someone you care. But...
You might not know it, but as corporations have tried to sell us all on tomorrow being THE day for love (and for us to hand over our money), what they’ve actually been selling us is the lifestyle of an albatross—or at least, the idealized...
Despite their size, microplastics are a big deal. We know that these tiny pieces of plastic (less than 5mm in size) are pretty much everywhere—from Arctic ice to the bottom of the ocean and even inside some of the sea’s smallest organisms. What’s less clear...
The new year has brought with it a whirlwind of activity in Congress affecting our ocean. Less than a month ago we applauded the unanimous passage in the Senate of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act, which specifically targeted ocean plastic pollution. Today, Senator Udall...
Love is in the air and beneath the waves. Valentine’s Day is this week and we want to prepare you with everything you need to make the holiday fin-tastic. If you’re Valentine is as nerdy about puns and the ocean as we are (and we...
At the Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL), we’re on a mission to save the world’s coral reefs. But to do that, we first need to identify what the most urgent threats to coral reefs are. Luckily, we (and scientists all around the world) have the answer! According...
At the Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL), we’re on a mission to save the world’s coral reefs. But to do that, we first need to identify what the biggest threats to coral reefs are. Luckily, we (and scientists all around the world) have the answer! According to...
At CORAL, our mission is Saving the World’s Coral Reefs. That means finding a solution to the biggest threat facing corals today- climate change. Troubled by warming ocean temperatures and mass coral bleaching events, we launched the Modeling Adaptation Potential (MAP) Project in 2016 to ask...
The Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Madhavi Colton as its fourth Executive Director. Dr. Colton is succeeding Dr. Michael Webster, who has chosen to leave his role to pursue research at New York University on how life can...
If you walk along a certain dirt road in the Wahikuli watershed in West Maui, you will see a large sign made by the Coral Reef Alliance asking bikers for their kokua (collaboration) to avoid this road and taking an alternative road nearby instead. What does...
