Cryopreservation at Mote coral gene bank allows for creation of a genetic time capsule
Cryopreservation technology preserves genetic coral diversity over decades and even centuries at Mote's Sarasota facility.
Mote Marine Laboratory using cryopreservation in its efforts to bring back coral reefs
Two years ago, there was an unprecedented coral bleaching event that happened in Florida waters. Mote Marine Laboratory was ...
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Coastal economies rely on NOAA, from Maine to Florida, Texas and Alaska – even if they don’t realize it
The government estimates that NOAA’s projects and services support more than one-third of the nation’s gross domestic product. Yet, this is one of the agencies that the Trump administration has ...
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Florida coral reef documentary is well-received at film festivals
Over the course of four years, Miami native Michael Zimmer spent dozens of hours underwater filming a team of scientists as they meticulously removed samples of healthy corals from the reefs within ...
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Florida governor vetoes NOAA plan for marine sanctuary
The NOAA blueprint will expand the 3,800-square-mile sanctuary in the Florida Keys and implemented measures to protect its ...
Scientists working to save Florida's coral reefs
FOX 13's Kimberly Kuizon reports on scientists at Sarasota's Mote Marine Laboratory Coral Gene Bank who have achieved ...
This scientist was making Florida beaches resilient to hurricanes. DOGE fired him.
Slattery, who has 20 years of scientific research experience and was a University of Tampa professor for nearly a decade, was ...
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National Geographic’s 33 Initiative: Dr. Shu Yang’s Artificial Reefs
Kenta Koda; Contributing Visual Direction: Liana Blum; Bookings: Ruth Hilton. (Photo by Andreas Laszlo Konrath for ...
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Coastal economies rely on NOAA, from Maine to Florida, Texas and Alaska – even if they don’t realize it
NOAA monitors reef health. It also works with innovative restoration strategies, such as breeding strains of coral that resist bleaching, so reefs have a better chance of surviving as the planet ...