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Reef Solutions is making waves around the world! Read the latest press releases and news stories about our work.

Autonomous underwater robot discovers hidden coral reef “hotspots”

New underwater robot combines audio and visual data to identify areas of high biological activity, opening new possibilities in coral…

Seawater microbes offer new, non-invasive way to detect coral disease

Researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, in collaboration with the University of the Virgin Islands have discovered that microorganisms in seawater…

Underwater ‘reef music’ could help in coral restoration

Few ecosystems are struggling more than coral reefs. They’re facing a variety of threats like warmer temperatures, pollution and overfishing….

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A Coral Reef Kickstart

WHOI’s Reef Solutions Initiative takes a multi-disciplinary approach to investigate solutions for ailing coral reefs. Read more.

Field Trip to St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands

Members of the WARP Lab and several others on the Reef Solutions Initiative team traveled to the U.S. Virgin Islands…

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Videos from Our Team

Dive into our research with these short videos from news outlets and WHOI's in-house production team.

Ocean Encounters: An Ocean of Sound

The ocean is awash with a complex symphony of sound, where the clicks, grunts, and whistles of marine life compete with the rumbles, whirs, and thuds of natural and human activity. Learn how biologists are working to decipher animal communication, and use sound to protect ocean life and even restore degraded habitats.

Ocean Encounters: An Ocean of Sound Learn how biologists are working to decipher animal communication, and use sound to protect ocean life and restore degraded habitats.

Give Reefs a Chance Coral reefs around the world are facing a dangerous decline, but there is still hope!

PBS Nova Building Stuff: Change It! The Reef Solutions team and their work in USVI took center stage in a recent episode of the PBS Nova series “Building Stuff.”