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New Thermal Resilience Technology for Coral Reefs being Studied

A collaboration of efforts from five organizations focuses on using novel technology in the field to aid in coral restoration practices across the globe. The efforts have resulted in two grant-funded projects totaling more than $2 million. The researchers coordinating efforts on these projects include Dr. Kenneth Hoadley with The University of Alabama and Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Dr. Mark Warner with the University of Delaware, Dr. Erinn Muller with Mote Marine Laboratory, Drs. Bastian Bentlage and Laurie Raymundo with the University of Guam, and Victor Bonito with Reef Explorer Fiji - a community-based conservation NGO in Viti Levu, Fiji. The two projects funded by the 2022 Coral Research and Development Accelerator Platform, or CORDAP, and NOAA’s Ruth Gates Coral Restoration and Innovation Grant will allow researchers to test a tool created to determine the thermal tolerance of a species of coral in the field as opposed to in the laboratory. The goal of the tool is to determine coral thermal tolerance rapidly and non-destructively and then incorporate non-destructive bleaching prediction into ongoing restoration efforts.