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New Predation Publication 🐟
Exciting new study spearheaded by our grad student, Cailin Harrell, to explore the potential of using an alga known to have chemical protection from fish grazing in a coral’s diet to reduce predation after outplanting and… it worked!
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Encouraging news for Miami's reefs!
Margaret Miller & Hannah Ditzler of SECORE & Liv Williamson of monitored outplanted coral juveniles at Diver's Paradise Reef. They surveyed 143 substrates and found 30 units with at least one growing coral. 🪸🥳
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Looking back on 2022 🎉
Before 2022 comes to a close, we wanted to first take a moment to highlight all of the advancements and achievements that our team has accomplished with your support! Here's a quick look at our work 2022 ⬇️
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Off the coast of Miami, marine biologists have built a coral nursery, where tree-like structures enable coral to grow faster than on natural reefs. cbsn.ws/3SCi8il
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Cultivating coral underwater and re-planting it on ailing reefs isn’t easy. Making sure it’s strong enough to survive future outbreaks of disease and rising ocean temperatures is even harder. cbsn.ws/3SzoSNG
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Scientists have found ways to identify the most heat-resistant and disease-resistant coral. They’re also trying to breed these strains together. cbsn.ws/3UDwa4X
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University of Miami biologist Liv Williamson has developed an attachment to what she calls her “coral babies.” cbsn.ws/3C7l15g
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The wind-and-wave simulator at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School can generate the equivalent of a category five hurricane, enabling researchers to test how well different structures and types of coral absorb wave energy and prevent damage on land cbsn.ws/3LHJvFb
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DARPA, the Defense Department’s research agency, has awarded universities with contracts to create hybrid coral reefs that could protect military bases near the coasts. cbsn.ws/3BK7LlB
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“We are buying time.”
Marine biologists Andrew Baker and Diego Lirman say coral reefs may become the first global ecosystem lost to climate change. Their team at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel school is racing to find solutions.
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ICYMI, tonight’s report by 🪸Thank you for highlighting the important work being done by our scientists and their many collaborators! #coralreefs #reefense
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Through the creation of an underwater nursery, hybrid reefs, and new varieties of coral, scientists at the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School are trying to rescue Florida’s coral reefs. Anderson Cooper reports, tonight. 60Minutes.com
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Urchin Restoration🐄
Urchins have drastically declined which is an issue as key herbivores that graze on macroalgae leaving space for #corals to settle and grow!
Cat Lachnit, our MS student, is focusing her research on urchins as a complimentary approach to the !
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Join us at this Sunday, June 5 from 11-4 to celebrate World Oceans Day! Most of our member organizations will be present to speak with the public about our #coral research & restoration in south Florida!
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Spawning hub success!! 🪸
Last week, the #CRRAMLab and our partners from observed 6 Diploria labyrinthiformis colonies spawning. This was the first observed spawning event of any massive coral species by our lab!
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We have an incredible lineup of partners attending our #WorldOceanDay event on Sunday, 6/5 including @UMiamiRSMAS, , , , , , , , , and more! frostscience.org/worldoceanday
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World Oceans Day event 🌊
Join us this Sunday, (6/5) at the for a #WorldOceansDay celebration! The event will feature the with representatives from each partner on-site from 11am - 4pm to talk about restoring Florida’s Coral Reef & how you can help!
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This research has important implications for the design of restoration projects aimed at enhancing #coastalresilience 🌊
Stay tuned as our next step is to deploy and validate these hybrid artificial coral reefs offshore Miami Beach, FL!
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His research has shown that while submerged artificial structures can reduce wave height and energy, the addition of coral colonies as part of #restoration efforts can enhance these benefits through the friction provided by corals—especially branching corals like staghorn coral!
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As part of this project, Mohammad conducted experiments to document the role of artificial reefs and coral colonies on wave dynamics through testing at the @UMiamiRSMAS’ SUSTAIN Lab under the supervision of Drs. Rhode-Barbarigos and Haus.
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We would like to congratulate one of our team members, Ph.D. Engineering student Mohammad Ghiasian and his advisor, Dr. Rhode-Barbarigos, on a successful doctoral defense focused on the development and testing of hybrid artificial coral reefs to enhance coastal protection! 👏👏👏
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The “warm” genes of the Florida Keys have been found to have inc. resistance to #coralbleaching events so this study hopes to better understand how assisted migration can advance coral restoration and #climateresilience as ocean temps continue to rise.
Stay tuned for updates!
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After 1 year in ’s nursery, all 96 coral genotypes between the 5 different nurseries were outplanted to a reef restoration site offshore Miami Beach, FL.
Now they will be monitored for a year on the #reef to note differences in survivorship, growth, and productivity!
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Realizing Resilience 🧬
Last summer ~100 genotypes of the threatened staghorn coral species were exchanged by the our collaborators all along Florida’s Coral Reef.
Well, we are excited to share that we are now researching the survivorship and success of these corals on the reef!
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Check out this recent story from 7 News Miami, highlighting the awesome #coral rearing and breeding work happening at !
Also includes the collaboration with @UMiamiRSMAS to plant corals offshore and increase coastal #resilience!
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Exciting update on our efforts! 👇
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Transformation Tuesday 
Swipe to see how much these staghorn coral outplants grew over the past 12 months!
Our @UMiamiRSMAS coral research team completed our annual monitoring for @RestorationHub last week and were so excited to see the success of the sites 
Swipe to see how much these staghorn coral outplants grew over the past 12 months!
Our @UMiamiRSMAS coral research team completed our annual monitoring for @RestorationHub last week and were so excited to see the success of the sites Show this thread
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Can you spot the still tiny coral recruits?
Our team at in Puerto Morelos (#Mexico) outplanted young corals from 2020 and 2021 this week!
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Virtual Reality Reefs 👾🌊
We’re headed to the metaverse! To help improve the accessibility and impact of our activities, we teamed up with to engineer a #VirtualReality (VR) underwater experience that emulates our real-world coral reef research and restoration!
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“We are in a race to help the world’s coral reefs, and this release of critically important algae grazers is a huge step forward”
— Keri O’Neil, senior scientist
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#ICYMI | and collaborators recently released the largest number of hatchery-reared long-spined urchins ever recorded!
Hear more via 👇
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DYK? Our biologists and volunteers spend hours cleaning algae off tiles that contain juvenile corals. 🧼 Once large enough, these corals will be planted back onto Florida’s Coral Reefs in collaboration with Southeast Florida Coral Reef . #floridaaquarium
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The symposium featured graduate student presentations on their respective research at , , , , , and !
The Restoration Hub is funded by with additional support by
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Restoration Hub Roundup 🎉
Last week the organized a mini-symposium at @UMiamiRSMAS to hear project progress, exchange ideas, & celebrate our collective success!
Our group is thrilled with the milestones we have already met and look forward to even more in 2022!
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An important, in-depth look at the roles of sea walls in the face our rising oceans!
The video features cutting-edge coastal resilience research by Dr. Rhode-Barbarigos and Dr. Haus of @UMiamiRSMAS as part of the !
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ICYMI | ’s story on the cutting-edge coral reef research being conducted here at the @UMiamiRSMAS and in collaboration with our lab!
Sexual reproduction, coral resilience, coastal protection, & more!
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Thank you for covering our new study! This was a huge collaborative effort led by , with interesting implications for #coral climate resilience and #reef #restoration!
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Awesome new research led by & , involving @UMiamiRSMAS ! Check it out!
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Excited to share our latest research identifying heat-tolerant genotypes in Florida’s staghorn coral nurseries to help restore resilient reefs! royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs
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