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11/29/2019

25% off everything on our whole site today! Take advantage this only happens once a year! Don’t forget that every purchase helps the reefs! Happy BlaUse the discount code BLACKFRIDAY at check out 🌍 offer ends a midnight.

10/15/2019

10/15/2019

A hawksbill sea turtle we saw on our most recent dive 🐢 coral reefs are an important habitat for many ocean animals, including sea turtles. Coral reefs provide a home for animals to take shelter and hide in, and provide many places for animals to find food. Changes in the ocean are causing these sensitive habitats to weaken. Hawksbills also help maintain the health of coral reefs. As they remove prey such as sponges from the reef's surface, they provide better access for reef fish to feed

10/15/2019

Coral reefs are dying. Why?
Coral reefs have long suffered from overfishing, water pollution, and land clearing. However, climate change is now the biggest threat. Climate change affects coral reefs in many ways, including more frequent severe storms but the most serious is recurrent coral bleaching.
Corals have a close relationship with algae. The algae give the coral sugars, and in return get a safe home in the coral. Under high temperatures, the coral expels the algae, leaving just the white 'skeleton' of the coral. This is called coral bleaching.
Bleached corals aren't necessarily dead. They can survive for a short period, and if the temperature returns to normal, the algae will come back and the corals regain their color. However, bleached corals are weak and vulnerable to disease often resulting in their death.
Half of the Great Barrier Reef DIED due to bleaching in 2016 and 2017. While bleaching is a natural event, climate change makes it happen more often Damaged reefs can take over 10 years to recover, so bleaching one year after another may make recovery impossible.
100% of coral is expected to die with 2°C of warming. This would have much more severe consequences than the loss of the beautiful corals themselves: over 25% of fish species use coral reefs for food or shelter. So, when corals die, many other animals die with them. This is called an 'extinction-cascade'. It will also have effects on humans: coral reefs currently give protection from flooding and provide food for about 500 million people. .
If 2°C warming kills all coral reefs, try to imagine what 3°C or 4°C would do. This is where the Earth is headed if we don't drastically change.

05/17/2019

Thank you for everything you do Dr. Vaughan!

On World Endangered Species Day, we are talking about the latest report from the United Nations
stated that 1 million of the planet’s species are in danger of extinction due to human impact, some within decades. We are seeing these affects every day, from insects to the loss of coral reefs.

The Plant a Million Corals Foundation is working to turn the tide of human impact, from devastation to restoration. Through Dr. David E. Vaughan's technology of coral microframentation and selecting naturally resilient strains of species, we can not only strengthen the existing coral populations in our oceans, but bring back corals at a rate that would remove them from the Endangered Species list in 10 years!
We know that human activity is creating negative impact on our planet, but the good news is that we can turn the tide.

Check out the Plant a Million Corals Foundation and help us restore the Earth’s coral reefs within our lifetime!

10/13/2018

Here’s an example of what’s happening to our coral reefs all over the world 🌎, and why our mission is so important. Every purchase of every product is a coral that’s ready for the harsh environment planted back into our reefs! So sea creatures like this ray have a place to find their food

09/25/2018

Let your gear dry out while you relax in the water😎🌊

09/17/2018

Thanks Aquaventure for always helping us out with our Dive gear! The best equipment and the best staff!

08/21/2018

Check out this awesome Ted talk by Dr. David Vaughn on coral bleaching and how we can all help save our reefs!🌊

Dr. Vaughan takes us on a journey of exploration, fortunate mishaps and coral reproduction. Dr. David E. Vaughan is an aquaculture researcher who has designe...