ICRS will provide over $250,000 in travel support to help ensure broader participation from researchers around the world.
If you’re eligible, make sure to check the details in this post and don’t miss the remaining grant opportunities.
We hope to see you in New Zealand🪸
Congratulations to Prof. Ove Hoegh-Guldberg on being awarded the Darwin Medal. Prof. Hoegh-Guldberg's work has been instrumental in shifting scientific, public, and policy discourse toward recognising the existential threat that climate change poses to coral reefs.
From some of the first pilots to the engineers who put Americans in space — the legacy of these Black pioneers is inseparable from aviation and aerospace itself. They opened the skies for everyone.
A huge effort by a massive team of collaborators shows just how badly the world's reefs were damaged in the third global coral bleaching event. The worst coral bleaching event ever recorded damaged over 50% of reefs www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202...
Severe and widespread coral reef damage during the 2014-2017 Global Coral Bleaching Event - Nature Communications
What happened during the third global bleaching event and what does it mean for coral reefs worldwide?
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🪸🌊☀️A new international study found escalating impacts of ocean warming on coral reefs after assembling the largest global dataset on the severe 2014–17 coral bleaching event.
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The world will blow past U.N. climate goals in four years.
Emission-rate increases will accelerate in the U.S. and E.U. but will slow in China and India, according to a report published Wednesday. wapo.st/47VQhCV
Republicans can send $20 billion to Argentina but won’t spend 1¢ to keep down American’s healthcare. Premiums for health insurance sold through the Affordable Care Act are soaring because of the expiration of enhanced subsidies at the heart of the government shutdown. wapo.st/4hRc1V9
Welcome to the new ICRS account! The International Coral Reef Society (ICRS) was founded in 1980 and is the principal association to which coral reef scientists, managers and enthusiasts from across the world belong. Swipe to learn a bit more about us, our vision and our mission!
ICRS Darwin Medal Nominations due Dec. 15
The ICRS Darwin Medal is the Society’s highest recognition, awarded every four years to a distinguished late-career society member who has made significant scientific contributions recognized globally throughout their career. coralreefs.org/awards-honor...
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Meet the ICRS Officers 🌊
The ICRS is led by a volunteer team of Officers and a Council, each serving four-year terms with elections every 2 years.
In this post, we’re shining a spotlight on the Officers, a dedicated team helping steer the Society’s mission to advance coral reef science worldwide.
U.N. court rules countries have duty to limit greenhouse emissions: "The United Nations’ highest judicial body ruled Wednesday that nations have a “duty” to prevent environmental harm and are obliged to limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions" wapo.st/3UtmvyU
Trump promised to restore “Gold Standard Science”. Now we know what he meant: if you have the gold you can set the standards, including nepotism. NIH official fired amid probe of contract used to potentially hire spouse, officials say wapo.st/4nR3jss
Because we all know severe rainfall and flooding isn’t important, right? NOAA was developing a tool to help communities prepare for future rainfall. Trump officials stopped it. wapo.st/3TMYumh
Last Chance for EV Tax Credits: Updates, Eligibility & Expert Advice:
EV tax credits expire Sept. 30.
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FINAL REMINDER: Call for session proposals
Tēnā koutou katoa,
This is a final reminder that the deadline for session proposals for the 16th International Coral Reef Symposium, Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand closes next week, on Weds JULY 16th 2025. Details are below.
Please take 5 min this morning to call your House rep and urge them to vote NO to the reconciliation bill. The vote could happen any minute. This is your chance to make your voice count! Do it for all the passionate CCLers you know! citizensclimatelobby.org/get-loud-tak...
#climate #action
In another move by the Trump administration that will result in greater loss of lives and property, Pentagon will no longer share satellite data that tracks hurricanes overnight wapo.st/44ImQDK
Major US climate website likely to be shut down after almost all staff fired
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Congratulations to all the ICRS award winners!
“There is no way, barring geoengineering, to prevent global temperatures from going over 1.5 degrees” wapo.st/4mJPo7c
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NOAA scrambles to fill forecasting jobs as hurricane season looms. The worker shortages have forced several offices to stop operating 24 hours a day. wapo.st/3S2tGNB
Trump calls Mohammed bin Salman a “great man” because Trump would also like to murder journalists and get away with it
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It’s a stunning victory that puts things pretty much back where they started before tRump introduced all the chaos and tanked the stock market. That’s the art of the deal.
