NEW ‘REEF BUILDERS’ DOCUMENTARY comes to Amazon Prime (we would love to hear your feedback if you have watched it)
https://t.co/AWBVe8l1j7
The new documentary, announced in March this year, was premiered at a ‘teal-carpet’ event hosted by Sheba at The Natural History Museum in London on 10th April 2025.
Reef Builders spotlights the story of the Sheba Hope Grows initiative, one of the world’s largest coral reef restoration projects, first launched by the brand in 2021 as a Mars Sustainable Solutions (MSS) programme.
The documentary, directed and produced by Stephen Shearman and featuring Hawai’ian actor and environmental advocate Auli’i Cravalho (voice of Disney’s Moana), opens with an overview of the project’s largest success story to date, the restoration of HOPE Reef in Sulawesi, Indonesia.
#coralreefs #reefrestoration #documentary #amazonprime #coralecology #coralrestoration #television #entertainment #marinebiology
NEW CORAL REEF RESEARCH: Corals in ocean acidification and the role of calcium ion homeostasis to maintain calcification (OPEN ACCESS)
https://t.co/A0Is8dXZEw
Coral calcification is essential to provide the structural foundation for coral reefs and is integral in supporting marine biodiversity reliant on reef ecosystems. The drivers for calcification in corals are undoubtedly highly complex and require several perspectives to identify vulnerabilities in the context of environmental change. Specifically, ocean acidification (OA) resulting from the rise of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions poses a potential threat to the physiological mechanisms that drive calcification in corals. Therefore, this report goes beyond environmental seawater chemistry to examine the physiological mechanism of calcium ion homeostasis. Calcium's role in calcification physiology is well established, but how calcium homeostasis could shift under acidification has little been considered a significant driver in reduced calcification. Calcium is potentially the most actively transported substrate in coral calcification, though in high chemical abundance in seawater, corals are likely utilizing the most energy to concentrate calcium at the site of calcification. We argue for increased consideration of the calcium ion in the context of OA when identifying sensitivities. The concepts proposed here are justified through a combination of results from novel RAMAN spectroscopy and molecular work that provides insight into shifts in calcium homeostasis when exposed to acidification. We speculate that future work incorporating methodologies considering calcium dynamics in OA could benefit by narrowing in on what physiological mechanisms are potentially vulnerable. It is imperative that we identify what drives lower calcification in corals under OA to inform efficient directives in identifying species sensitivities to future climate change.
https://t.co/A0Is8dXZEw
#coralreefs #oceanacidification #coralhealth #coralscience #research #marineresearch #coralresearch #marinescience #marinebiology
Meet Nudi Coffee: specialty grade beans as bold as a nudibranch’s strut! Sustainably sourced to protect #CoralReef vibes. Sip it, love it, save the seas. #ScubaDiving fuel done right! #OceanConservation#EcoFriendly
https://t.co/c7EOjUFL23
@diveSSI Once our site is completed soon, we will Ill be open to sales. Then, we’ll focus on reef cleaning and growth as well as mangrove reforestation. Hoping to be a big player in coffee and conservation. 🌊 🪸 ☕️