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[TreyC2010]

The Reef Institute. I really hadn't known that reefs had much of an impact on us. I also didn't know Florida had a reef like they described!

 

[eea60123]

I think that it's great that the Reef Institute is involved in education. I noticed a booth specifically for children which can get them excited about conservation and the hobby.

 

[Keo05]

Subscription complete

 

[Tomahawk.Austin]

11-9:
I didn’t know that the Florida keys reef coast was 365 miles long!! I knew it was big but not that big lol
I live in Daytona beach Florida, so one day I’ll have to go check out the reef. I also like how both are they to engage/ interact with as much people as they can.

 

[kemble9]

11/9 bonus. Learned that scientists believe that most of the oxygen we breathe in is produced by phosynthetic algae! That's mindblowing.

 

[Morbo]

Nov 9 - Read about the Coral Lok from Ocean Rescue Alliance

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[Elise_]

11/9 - I learnt that there are underwater museums! Super cool

 

[drcole]

11/9 - The mermaid casting to serve as biofilter and coral attachment source to help propagate the reefs is pretty cool. Would love to dive the area one day!

 

[Shaggymc]

11/9

amazed at how much our aquarium community does to save the reefs.

the news would have you believe the hobby is the issue, when it fact it seems to be a big part of the solution

 

[Reefer Reboot]

11/9 Bonus. Like the memorial sculptures, wish they had something like this on the west coast.

 

[DrugMonkeyRX]

November 9 - Check out our Reef Conservation Partners and tell us one thing you learn! (Btw, if you've got a favorite conservation organization you think we should partner with, let us know HERE!

I just learned about the underwater sculpture gardens off the coast of Florida to raise awareness about coral reefs

Done

 

[billysprout]

OOH, i didn't know you guys partnered with ORA! I also didn't know what ORA stood for... TYVM

 

[Bombschell]

Bonus entry: just read ocean rescue alliance articles and posted there.

 

[mlbrown322]

Daily Entry

 

[mlbrown322]

11/09 Challenge Complete. No longer going to belly up to the Oyster Bar!

 

[zoa.ninja]

Just subscribed

 

[MaxTremors]

I NEVER knew this!

“Scientists estimate that 50 -80% of all of the oxygen we breath comes from photosynthetic algae in the ocean. Much of this is produced specifically by the zooxanthellae algae living in the tissues of coral. No matter where you live in the world coral, affects your livelihood.”

That’s super cool that coral (one of my favorite creatures on the planet) has such a huge impact to the livelihood of the human population. I think if more of this news got out there, then maybe people wouldn’t be so quick to destroy coral reefs.

I don’t have exact figures on this, but the vast, vast majority of the O2 produced by the ocean comes from phytoplankton. Coral reefs make up such a small percentage of the oceans that it’s hard to imagine the O2 produced by photosynthetic corals being more than a couple percent of that 50-80%. That factoid seemed really bizarre to me and somewhat misleading. There are countless reasons to care about the decline of reefs, the O2 the produce isn’t one of them (or at least it’s near the bottom of the list, which is why it’s weird that they led with that).

 

[Bombschell]

Bonus entry: just read ocean rescue alliance articles and posted there.

 

[Bombschell]

Bonus entry: Signed up for account on Reef Chasers web site

 

[dvgyfresh]

Bonus 11/9- loved the rebuilding of reefs , they are the most important ! I’ve seen them put tires underwater