CORAL RESEARCH AT ROSENSTIEL
Ascoralreefsfacecontinuedthreatsfromoceanwarming,disease,andother compoundingstressors,theRosenstielSchoolisbringingtogetherresearchacrossthe fullspectrumofcoralscience:fromthemolecularmechanismsofcoralresilienceand scalablerestorationtonature-basedsolutionsandcommunity-basedconservation.
TheRosenstielSchoolisagloballeaderincoralreefresearch,unitingexpertiseacross biology,disease,restoration,climateresilience,mapping,andcommunityengagement.
01ADDRESSING CORAL BLEACHING
Buildingheattolerance
Symbiontmanipulation andselectivebreeding.
Boostingresilience
Cross-breedingandcoral stemcellapproaches.
AIforecasting
Predictingheatstress alongFloridaʼsCoralReef.
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Expandingresilient coraldiversity.
Propagatingsurvivors Restorationinnovation
Testingstresshardening andalkalinityenhancement
PROJECTFRESCA
Multi-stressorexperiments identifyingresilient speciesandgenotypes.
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RESILIENT REEF RESTORATION MANAGING CORALDISEASE
Leadingtheresponse
Sincestonycoraltissueloss diseasewasfirstobservednear VirginiaKeyin2014,Rosenstiel scientistshaveplayedaleading roleinunderstandingthe disease.
Researchhasexamined transmissionandspread,the roleofcoralsymbiontsin resistance,potential mechanismsofvirulence,and pathogenidentificationusing ‘omicstools.
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WORLD-CLASS FACILITIES
World-classfacilities, interdisciplinaryresearch groups,andpartnerships connectingactiontodiscovery.
REEFLAB(ERL)
STARsystemforprecisely controlledmulti-stressor experimentsandscalable restorationworkflows.
Expandinghatchery infrastructureand spawningtanks supportingpropagation andlarvalrearing.
DirectaccesstoNOAA facilities,databases,and long-termreefdatasets
Airborneimaging technologiesforreef mappingandecosystem monitoring
CoralReefFuturesLab
FloridaRe5Hub
Scan
ViralEcologyLab