X, engineered by California scientists promotes coral larvae populations to restore threatened ocean ecosystems.

The gel is an antidote to a major problem conservationists face when working in reef restoration: Getting coral larvae to settle on degraded reefs (or human-made structures that d ...

The researchers at UCSD’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Jacobs School of Engineering developed the gel, called SNAP ...

Learn more about SNAP-X - an bio-inspired gel mimicking the scent of healthy reefs to support coral reef restoration.

With coral reefs in crisis due to climate change, scientists have engineered a bio-ink that could help promote coral larvae settlement and restore these underwater ecosystems before it's too late.

you can create innovative solutions to tough problems like restoring coral reefs.” The experiments were conducted using one species of Hawaiian coral. More experiments are needed to show that ...

(courtesy, Rebecca Vega Thurber) Despite our northern location, the U.S. hosts many tropical coral reefs, including in Florida, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam, to name just ...

Promoting“Mālama Hawai'i” through Beach Cleanups and Donation of Participation Fees to the Waikiki Aquarium ...