Dr. Goreau: ‘Extreme temperatures are coming…

Did you know that Corals are anthozoans, the largest class of organisms within the phylum Cnidaria. Comprising over 6,000 known species, anthozoans also include sea fans, sea pansies and anemones.

Did you also know that coral play a huge role in protecting coastlines during storms and surges, and are home to thousands of underwater species.

They are however suffering from the rise of the water temperatures, causing them to be bleached.

Jamaican coral scientist Dr. Tom Goreau, and first Scientific Advisor to the Negril Coral Reef Preservation Society and the Negril Environmental Protection Trust, has followed bleaching in Jamaica since the first event in 1987. Dr. Goreau says “this is the largest, longest, and hottest extreme high temperature event we have yet experienced, and serious coral death is inevitable. This is where Project BioRocks comes in..

 Read more aabout Tom Goreau here.