Coral Restoration Foundation

Coral Restoration Foundation

The Coral Restoration Foundation™ (CRF™) team is a dedicated group of marine scientists, divers, and ocean advocates working to restore our planet’s coral reefs. Through large-scale cultivation and outplanting of reef-building corals, CRF™ is actively bringing the Florida Reef Tract back to life while inspiring global ocean stewardship.

Articles by Coral Restoration Foundation

“Talking Science” in December 2022 with the Coral Chronicles

Science

SNP SEQUENCING BASELINE DEVELOPMENT: ROUND 2! At Coral Restoration Foundation we work with over 20 different species of hard corals, all ranging in shape and size! Staghorn (Acropora cervicornis) and […]

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Soulucean Puts The Whole CRF™ Coral Nursery In Your Hands!

Spotlight

Our friends and longtime supporters at Soulucean want you to have the whole world in your hands, or at least Key Largo. With their new line of CRF™ clutches, Soulucean […]

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“Heads Up” in December 2022 with the Coral Chronicles

Education & Outreach

CAPTAIN CORAL’S CORAL CARNIVAL! Are you a Florida Keys local? Snowbird? In town for the holidays and looking for a family friendly event? Join CRF™ and 12 non-profit and educational […]

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“Diving In” to November…Again 2022 with the Coral Chronicles

Education & Outreach

The Perfect Dive Program You couldn’t have asked for a better day on the water. The participants of our November 16th dive program were some of the luckiest divers ever […]

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“Bringing it Back” in November 2022 with the Coral Chronicles

Restoration

CRF™ CORAL TREES WITHSTAND HURRICANE NICOLE! In the past few issues of “Bringing It Back” we’ve been sharing the progress of a project spearheaded by one of our Restoration Program […]

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“Talking Science” in November 2022 with the Coral Chronicles

Science

CRF™ AMONG THE LEADING EXPERTS IN PHOTOMOSAIC PANEL AT REEF FUTURES 2022 The world’s leading coral scientists came together at Reef Futures this past September to share the latest developments […]

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“Heads Up” in November 2022 with the Coral Chronicles

Education & Outreach

WE’RE GOING TO MIAMI! It felt like a scene straight out of Jurassic Park – two steadfast pillars with the word “Vizcaya” carved vertically in weathered coral stone cascaded the […]

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“Diving In” to November 2022 with the Coral Chronicles

Restoration

CRF™ INTERNS SEE MEASURABLE PROGRESS IN JUST ONE MONTH The CRF™ internship incorporates hours of training to ensure our interns are equipped with the skills they need to be successful […]

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SCIENTISTS MEET DURING HURRICANE IAN TO SCALE-UP CORAL REEF RESTORATION EFFORTS AROUND THE WORLD

Global, Spotlight

Scientists have just wrapped up a ground-breaking event aimed at scaling up efforts to restore our world’s coral reefs – the planet’s most threatened ecosystems. Reef Futures 2022 brought hundreds […]

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“Bringing it Back” in October 2022 with the Coral Chronicles

Global, Restoration

REEF FUTURES UNITES RESTORATION SCIENTISTS AROUND THE GLOBE! During the final week of September over 600 reef restoration specialists from 50 countries gathered in Key Largo Florida for Reef Futures, […]

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“Talking Science” in October 2022 with the Coral Chronicles

Science

CORALS DONATE THEIR BODIES TO SCIENCE! SNP SEQUENCING BASELINE DEVELOPMENT At Coral Restoration Foundation we work with over 20 different species of hard corals, all ranging in shape and size! […]

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“Heads Up” in October 2022 with the Coral Chronicles

Education & Outreach

Generation Coral: Be a Reef HERo! On September 25th the Coral Restoration Foundation™ Education Team was joined by Heirs to Our Oceans, American Association for Advancement of Sciences If/Then, and […]

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“Diving In” to October 2022 with the Coral Chronicles

Restoration

A TALE OF THREE DIVE PROGRAMS Thursday September 8: Mock Dive Program with New First-Round Interns To kick off the fall semester, Wylie Phillips, our new Dive Program Intern along […]

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“Bringing it Back” in September 2022 with the Coral Chronicles

Education & Outreach, Restoration

NEW RESTORATION PROGRAM INTERNS As our goals at CRF™ continue to expand, so does our hard-working team! This month we welcome two new program interns into our restoration department, Will […]

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“Talking Science” in September 2022 with the Coral Chronicles

Science

CRF™ SCIENCE PROGRAM 101 Coral Restoration Foundation™ is a science-centered organization, at the forefront of the world’s coral restoration community. Research and innovation are at the heart of all we […]

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“Heads Up” in September 2022 with the Coral Chronicles

Education & Outreach

STUDENT CHALLENGE WINNER DONATES TOOLS TO CRF™ Lucan, a soon-to-be senior in high school participated in our Battling Biofoul Student Challenge in 2021 in which he designed and manufactured a […]

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“Diving In” to September 2022 with the Coral Chronicles

Education & Outreach

SAYING GOODBYE TO SUMMER There is no such thing as a typical Dive Program. When you work in the ocean you can never predict exactly what is going to happen. […]

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“Generation Coral” Opens the 2022 Reef Futures Symposium

Education & Outreach

“Generation Coral” is empowering girls from under-resourced communities to become tomorrow’s change-makers Kicking off Reef Futures 2022, Coral Restoration Foundation™ (CRF™) is hosting Girl Scouts from some of Southeast Florida’s […]

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