Tiger sharks support the characterization of the world’s largest seagrass ecosystem

Reef Futures conference

Road to Ocean20 workshop

A compilation of articles, news and speakings at the UN Ocean Conference

The Oceans, Our Future

New Documentary Alert!

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Exploring the movement ecology of whale sharks and a potential cause of their decline.

A list published by the Economist

National Geographic comes to KAUST

In November 2021, a team of researchers from KAUST, in collaboration with the US-based Beneath the Waves organization, spent a week on a boat off the coast of Great Exuma in the Bahamas. While the team is more at home in the Red Sea, this trip had an important goal: to characterize in detail the seagrass ecosystem of the Bahamas Banks for the first time. The data collected forms part of a wider project aiming to gain UNESCO World Heritage Site status for the region.

Carlos M. Duarte appointed to the Science Task Force of the UN Decade for Ecosystem Restoration

This week, Carlos Duarte was ranked #4 in the list of Top Ecology and Evolution scientists in the World, and the top marine scientist in that rank.

“Applications of new advances in genomics to assess biodiversity and responses of coral reefs to changing temperatures will go a long way into informing conservation strategies in the Red Sea and elsewhere,” said Dr. Larissa Frühe, co-lead of the project at KAUST.

The expansion of seaweed farming for aquaculture will not only help meet sustainability targets, but also in terms of harnessing its blue carbon capabilities.