🪸 How do we know if a reef is healthy?

The Reef Health Index evaluates the condition of reefs using key ecosystem indicators.

📊 This data helps us understand their balance and guide actions for their conservation.

#ReefHealth #EnvironmentalIndicators #HealthyReefs

Coral reefs, mangroves 'ecologically and functionally connected' - Oceanographic Leaders are now calling for a unified approach to protecting and managing coral reefs and mangroves as a foundation of ecology and economy.

#Arrecifes y #manglares: una alianza natural 🌊🌿. Proteger uno es proteger al otro 💙 #ConservaciónMarina #ReefHealth
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#Reefs & #mangroves: a natural alliance 🌊🌿. Protect one, protect the other 💙 #MarineConservation #ReefHealth

🔬✨ Meet Chiara, a PhD researcher tackling coral growth anomalies—skeletal deformations that undermine reef health. Using ecological, morphological & histopathological tools, she’s uncovering disease drivers to boost coral resilience. Follow for updates! #CoralResearch #ReefHealth

Coral selections offer hope for heat-stressed coral reefs Researchers in Australia have achieved a breakthrough: corals with boosted heat tolerance, bred for survival in a warming world.

Corals bred for survival: At WA’s Ningaloo Reef, scientists have doubled coral heat tolerance by cross-breeding with parents from warmer waters. A short-term lifeline for reefs—but not a permanent solution. #reefhealth #coralbleaching #ningaloo
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Sea urchins destroying another reef – overfishing blamed Another coral reef is in danger of being destroyed by sea urchins – Hōnaunau Bay, Hawaii is being overrun because of commercial fishing.

Sea urchins are overrunning Hawaii’s coral reefs due to overfishing of their predators — some areas now see 51 urchins per m², among the world’s highest. Recovery may soon be impossible.
#reefhealth #seaurchin #overfishing
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