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Coral fragments growing in Mote's land based nursery in the Florida Keys.
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Mote Marine Lab becomes member of International Coral Reef Initiative

https://mote.org/news/mote-marine-lab-becomes-member-of-international-coral-reef-initiative/

As coral reefs, our “rainforests of the sea”, decline around the world, researchers, restoration practitioners, environmental managers, government regulators, and more race against the extinction clock. The

Photo: A Mote-restored colony of mountainous star coral. Credit Dr. Hanna Koch/Mote Marine Laboratory
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A year of coral-saving science – 2020 Annual Report

https://mote.org/news/a-year-of-coral-saving-science-2020-annual-report/

This story is a highlight from our 2020 Annual Report. CORAL RESTORATION: BREAKTHROUGHS & BABIES In August 2020, years...

A scuba diver outplants coral fragments onto a reef in the Florida Keys.
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Federal grant to help Mote, partners continue to restore and save Florida’s Coral Reef

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Coral Restoration Project at Eastern Dry Rocks Awarded $5 Million Grant The project will strengthen coastal resilience, revitalize critical fish and wildlife habitat, and engage the community as part of NOAA’s Mission:...

Mountainous star coral, the massive species that spawned after being restored by Mote Marine Laboratory. Credit: Joe Berg
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Mote Marine Laboratory documents another first for massive corals in Florida

https://mote.org/news/mote-marine-laboratory-documents-another-first-for-massive-corals-in-florida/

August 12, 2020—Sarasota, FL—For the first time in Florida or Caribbean waters, restored massive corals were observed spawning—part of sexual reproduction that could result in the next generation...

Dr. Hanna Koch visits Mote's restored mountainous star coral. Credit: Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium
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Breakthrough: Restored corals ready to become parents

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MEDIA CONTACTS Stephannie Kettle, Public Relations Manager, skettle@mote.org, 941.302.4997 Allison Delashmit, Keys Communications...

Mote's Dr. Abigail Clark samples coral tissue for the new study stony coral. Photo by Ray Banister/Mote Marine Laboratory
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New study: Bacteria associated with deadly coral disease on Florida’s Coral Reef

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New research on stony coral tissue loss disease reveals similar “bacterial signatures” among sick corals and nearby water and sediments for the first time. Results hint at how this deadly disease might spread, and which bacteria...

Mote scientists set up their underwater, ELKHORN coral, spawning nursery. Credit: Dr. Hanna Koch/Mote Marine Laboratory
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Mote launches elkhorn coral spawning nursery to aid threatened species

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Mote Marine Laboratory scientists are launching a new, underwater spawning nursery for elkhorn coral, with the goal of strategically breeding and restoring this rapidly declining, native species that is at risk of disappearing from...

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Major study improves understanding of stony coral tissue loss disease

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Gov. DeSantis speaks about corals with Mote President & CEO Dr. Michael P. Crosby and state leaders.
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Mote joins state leaders to highlight coral reefs during Super Bowl LIV

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Mote Marine Laboratory’s President & CEO joined Florida’s Governor, state agency leaders and partners at all levels to raise awareness for coral reefs on Jan. 30 in Miami, where Mote’s traveling exhibit Sanctuary Reef was...

Coral gamete bundes (packets of sperm and eggs) produced during sexual reproduction
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Coral ‘matchmaker’ breeds threatened species

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Florida’s coral reefs have enough problems—unprecedented levels of coral disease, climate change, pollution and hurricanes—without struggling to reproduce sexually. But struggle they do. As environmental stress grows and coral...

Mote coral technician during a coral research experiment.
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Mote Coral Research Supported by New Arthur Vining Davis Foundations Grant

https://mote.org/news/mote-coral-research-supported-by-new-arthur-vining-davis-foundations-grant/

With strategic support from the Jacksonville, Florida-based Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium is continuing to push forward with its vital coral research and...

Dr. Erinn Muller, Staff Scientist, Program manager, Science Director at Mote Marine Laboratory samples coral.
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Mote Scientist Earns Prestigious Presidential Award for Coral Research

https://mote.org/news/mote-scientist-earns-prestigious-presidential-award/

Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium is extremely honored to announce that Dr. Erinn Muller, Science Director of Mote’s Elizabeth Moore International Center for Coral Reef...

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Founders Garden Club supports coral disease research at Mote Marine Laboratory

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Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium coral scientists may get one step closer to better understanding a devastating coral disease with the help of a new grant from the Founders Garden Club of Sarasota. The Founders Garden Club,...

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Mote battles unprecedented threat to Florida’s coral reefs

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New research results, expanded restoration efforts target stony coral tissue loss outbreak Florida’s coral reefs are facing an unprecedented, deadly and rapidly spreading coral disease outbreak — putting...

Screenshot of a lesson: Ocean surface temperature map showing coral reef areas studied in lesson.
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Teachers: New resource helps students investigate corals and climate

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High school and undergraduate educators can access a new, free lesson to help their students investigate the impacts of varying climate and other ocean conditions on coral reefs. The guided, inquiry-based lesson “How Do Upwelling...

Mote scientists exchanged knowledge at the 2018 Reef Futures symposium. Credit: Mote Marine Laboratory
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End-of-year update: Coral-saving knowledge exchanged at Reef Futures symposium

https://mote.org/news/end-of-year-update-coral-saving-knowledge-exchanged-at-reef-futures-symposium/

Science-based coral reef restoration took the spotlight during six Mote Marine Laboratory research presentations at the 2018 Reef Futures Symposium, hosted by the Coral Restoration Consortium during December 2018 in Key Largo. A total...

Underwater photo showing several staghorn coral fragments planted on a rock on a Florida reef. Other, soft, branched corals and sea fans grow from the rock, while small fish swim about.
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Mote-led initiative will restore resilient corals across 130 acres thanks to new grant

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Mote Marine Laboratory and partners will restore 70,000 coral “seeds” across 130 acres of depleted Florida reefs over three years — prioritizing coral genetic varieties resilient to disease and climate change impacts — thanks...

Staghorn coral fragments hang on poles suspended in shallow water like stars on a TV antenna.
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New study: Coral bleaching increases disease risk in threatened species

https://mote.org/news/new-study-coral-bleaching-increases-disease-risk-in-threatened-species/

Researchers highlight the need to increase genetic diversity among staghorn corals to prevent further loss in the Florida Reef Tract, U.S. --- Bleaching events caused by rising water temperatures could increase...

Coral bleaching. Credit: Mote Marine Laboratory
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June 23: Learn to monitor for coral bleaching during Mote’s training at Marathon Library

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Learn to monitor for coral bleaching — a significant challenge for Florida Keys reefs — during the next talk in Mote Marine Laboratory’s  monthly lecture series from 3-4 p.m. Saturday, June 23, at the Marathon Branch...

A multitude of tropical fish swim above a rocky outcrop covered in a variety of stony corals in the Gulf of Aqaba.
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New Study shows local environmental stressors reduce resiliency of Red Sea corals to global change

https://mote.org/news/new-study-shows-local-environmental-stressors-reduce-resiliency-of-red-sea-corals-to-global-change/

Ocean acidification (OA) is hard to describe. Many do not realize it's even there, but why would they? It doesn’t have a taste or smell. Despite its mysterious nature, OA is impacting the ocean at an exponential rate. Scientists...

Mote Staff Scientist Dr. Erinn Muller chisels a firebreak around yellow-band coral disease. Credit: Dr. Carly Randall
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Coral disease ‘firebreak’ works in short term. Next goal: Making it last

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The progression of Caribbean yellow-band disease — a widespread killer of reef-building corals — can be significantly impeded by chiseling a “firebreak” around the diseased coral tissue, but more research is needed to maintain...

Mote scientists will be hosting a training session on April 18 at 6 p.m. on Summerland Key.
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BleachWatch program seeks volunteers to monitor corals in Florida Keys

https://mote.org/news/bleachwatch-program-seeks-volunteers-to-monitor-corals-in-florida-keys/

Mote scientists will host a training session at 6 p.m. April 18 on Summerland Key for divers and snorkelers interested in volunteering for the Florida Keys BleachWatch program. This program provides early warnings of potential coral...

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500 Corals in a Day: Heroes Help Rebuild a Florida Keys Reef

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Written by: Nadine Slimak Stellar scientists, hero veterans and future leaders planted 500 corals near Looe Key this week, marking the sixth year of a unique partnership involving science, conservation and restoration. Some...

Over half a dozen divers descend to the sea floor working to restore the reef. The sea floor is covered in branching hard and soft corals.
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Initiative to restore one million corals launches in the Caribbean and Florida Keys

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Mote's Dr. Erinn Muller works with interns on coral research tasks.
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High schoolers from U.S. Virgin Islands help Florida scientists study corals

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High schoolers from the U.S. Virgin Islands helped conduct coral reef research this month in the Florida Keys, mentored by a Mote Marine Laboratory scientist who received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to study the variability...

Close up of coral in a new aquarium that is part of Mote's new exhibit on Florida corals. A large brain coral is centered. Another large, round coral is in front of it. To the side, a branching soft coral sways in the current. More corals fade into the distance. A fish peaks out from behind the brain coral.
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Immerse yourself in Florida’s coral reefs at Mote Aquarium

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Mote Aquarium invites you to marvel at Florida’s coral reefs and learn about the many threats they face today in the new exhibit Florida’s Coral Reefs, which opened to the public Saturday, Aug. 13. “This is truly an awe inspiring...

Image shows coral bleaching in progress.
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BleachWatch program needs volunteers to monitor corals in Florida Keys

https://mote.org/news/bleachwatch-program-needs-volunteers-to-monitor-corals-in-florida-keys/

With coral bleaching prevalent worldwide — and recently breaking records off Australia — U.S. scientists are eager to learn how their home reefs will weather the summer heat. Now, Mote Marine Laboratory is seeking volunteers to...

Kids playing at Ocean Fest's amusement park.
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Celebrate Oceans, Support Coral Reefs on April 4 in the Keys

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Sea fans, get ready for the 6th Annual Florida Keys Ocean Festival & Waterfront Craft Show — a free day of ocean-themed education and fun from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 4, at the...

Three divers, SCUBAnaut Jessica Silk, Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge Billy Costello, and Mote President and CEO Dr. Michael Crosby plant coral on the sea floor.
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Mission to Restore Keys Coral Reef a Success

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Over the past two weeks, several groups have conducted a Mote Marine Laboratory partnership mission to restore coral. Working with Mote scientists, members of SCUBAnauts International, Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge and Gold Star...

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Florida Legislator Wowed by Mote’s Coral Research in the Keys

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State Rep. Holly Merrill Raschein, R-Key Largo, visited Mote’s Tropical Research Laboratory on Summerland Key — and went diving in Mote’s coral restoration nursery — on Friday, June 6 to learn how Mote is studying and restoring...

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