WHOI researchers are turning on the stereo on Maui reefs—and baby corals are showing up to the party! 🪸🎶🐠
📲Watch the full CNN story to see how our Reef Solutions team is helping to reverse reef decline from USVI to Hawai'i—through sound: go.whoi.edu/cnn-reefs
#GiveReefsAChance #ReefSolutions
🤔Where is the largest coral colony on Earth? 🪸
It's not in the Great Barrier Reef! It's actually Laloniasi, a 300-year-old coral (Pavona clavus) measuring the size of two basketball courts in the Solomon Islands.
👉Find out why our #ReefSolutions team is studying it: go.whoi.edu/megacoral
As rising ocean temperatures cause widespread coral bleaching, WHOI’s #ReefSolutions team is pioneering innovative restoration techniques, like a coral multivitamin and sound therapy for reefs!
👉🏾Dive into their work with The Virgin Islands Daily: go.whoi.edu/vi-corals
#GiveReefsAChance
🧪🪸🌊 Just like a doctor orders a blood test, #WHOI #ReefSolutions scientists are analyzing seawater microbes to learn more about the health of coral reefs.
📲Learn how this fast, non-invasive method might #GiveReefsAChance from @mongabay.com: go.whoi.edu/mongabay-coral
WHOI's #ReefSolutions team is testing new tools to protect and diagnose coral #reefs in #USVI. From coral "vitamins" & remote monitoring to advanced water samplers—we're finding ways to #GiveReefsAChance!
📲Dive into the discoveries with @insideclimatenews.org: go.whoi.edu/icn-corals
⁉️Did you know? Healthy reef sounds help guide baby corals to reefs in need of a boost!
WHOI #ReefSolutions scientists found that playing healthy reef sounds on degraded reefs led to significant coral settlement increase on #USVI reefs.
📲Learn more:
go.whoi.edu/soundonreefs
#GiveReefsAChance
It’s Coral Reef Awareness Week! 🪸
Reefs play vital role in the tropical ocean food web. It's up to each of us to help protect them.
👉🏽Find out how you can support #ReefSolutions: whoi.edu/reefs/
#coral #CoralReefAwareness #ScienceMatters #OceanMatters #GiveReefsAChance
WHOI's #ReefSolutions team is testing new tools to protect and diagnose coral #reefs in #USVI. From coral "vitamins" & remote monitoring to advanced water samplers—we're finding ways to #GiveReefsAChance!
📲Dive into the discoveries with @insideclimatenews.org: go.whoi.edu/icn-corals
Over 40% of reef-building #coral species are at risk of extinction. Now, an immune-boosting #multivitamin could help reverse that trend! 💊🪸🐠
📲 Find out how #WHOI’s #ReefSolutions team + UVI researchers are helping reefs recover: go.whoi.edu/visource-corals
We all know what happens if you give a mouse a cookie...but what happens when you give a coral a multivitamin? WHOI's
#ReefSolutions team found out! Certain nutrients can give corals a boost-- helping them be more resilient to heat stress.
Learn more about the ongoing work: youtu.be/yyE-7cSzxKs
