Coral reef restoration has cost $250 million, but reefs are worth 1,000 times that
The healthy reefs in the Florida Keys alone yield $6.3 billion in revenue every year.
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Parrotfish support healthy coral reefs, but they’re not a cure-all, and sometimes cause harm
Along with grazers to keep them clean, coral reefs need cleaner waters and cooler oceans to ensure their long-term survival.
Coastal economies rely on NOAA, from Maine to Florida to Alaska – even if they don’t realize it
NOAA leads most of the government’s work on ocean and coastal health, as well as research into climate risks.
Finally, an answer to why Earth’s oceans have been on a record-hot streak
A new study pinpoints why the rate of ocean warming has more than quadrupled over the past 40 years.
Extreme ocean heat breaks records, leaving 2 mysteries to solve
The ocean absorbs about 90% of the excess heat caused by emissions from burning fossil fuels and other activities.
The business case for saving coral reefs
Researchers found the nation’s reefs spare about 18,000 people and $1.8 billion in economic assets from floods each year.
University of Miami, partners awarded $16 million NOAA grant for groundbreaking coral restoration project
The project will implement and scale-up new approaches to increase the climate resilience of Florida’s Coral Reef.
It’s already official: You’re living through the hottest year on record
According to the European Union's climate agency, 2024 is also the first year to breach a key climate threshold.
Deeper corals may help shallow reefs recover in the Florida Keys
Researchers from FAU investigated how coral populations at different depths and locations may be related to each other.
Protecting and restoring Florida’s coral reefs is an environmental and economic necessity
The economic protection provided by coral reefs is a critical yet often overlooked aspect of Florida’s coastal resilience.
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