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Field observations and satellite data from NOAA Coral Reef Watch converge on a troubling picture — the Maldives has crossed its local bleaching threshold. Here is what we are seeing from the water.

Coral eggs collection corns over coral colonies. There are moments in conservation that feel less like science and more like witnessing something sacred. For the Coral Restoration Team of Rathafandhoo — a group of islanders who have quietly taken on the role of Coral Midwives — one of those moments arrived under a moonlit sky over the reefs of Huvadhu Atoll. They were waiting for coral to spawn. Coral spawning is one of the ocean's most precisely timed and visually arresting

Turquoise Lab is proud to announce a milestone partnership with G.Dh. Rathafandhoo Council to implement an ambitious coral reef restoration project in Huvadhu Atoll . This initiative is part of the CORDAP-funded project titled "Empowering community-led coral reef restoration and prioritization in the Maldives" , led by Professor Peter Harrison of Southern Cross University —a pioneer in coral larval restoration techniques that have transformed degraded reefs in the Philippin