How precious are these 2.5-month-old elkhorn & staghorn coral recruits?! 🥹💕🪸 Even though their parents faced unprecedented heat stress when they spawned (& in most cases have since died 😔), these babies are thriving! 💪 They’ll help build new resilience for Florida’s reefs!🪸

Can UM-led team create a ‘perfect’ reef? Why the U.S. military is banking on it miamiherald.com/news/local/env…

Last weekend, members of the #XREEFS team got together to attend Broward Sierra Group's #EarthDay Outreach Event!  🌎💚  We explained the DARPA funded #XREEFS project to community members of all ages and were met with so much enthusiasm and people looking to assist in our goals! 🙏🏼🪸

We are organizing a special event on ‘Exploring Art, Marine Biology, and Engineering to address climate challenges’ Lowe Art Museum University of Miami Please join us on 4/17: events.miami.edu/event/lowe-con… Work by: Jenna Efrein Jack Delli-Santi Prannoy Suraneni Patrick M Kiel Rescue a Reef X-Reefs

Last week, #XReefs team members visited from across the country for the 2nd annual X-Reefs Workshop. They discussed project updates, progress of each sector, and future plans. 🌊 Researchers continue to strategize reaching DARPA goals for the next phase of the #Reefense project.

Exciting research update from the X-REEFS coral team! 🪸 The Florida Aquarium shares the details of the historical efforts to breed Florida coral with coral from Honduras for the DARPA #Reefense project. Read more below! (1/2)

Exciting research update from the X-REEFS coral team! 🪸 The Florida Aquarium shares the details of the historical efforts to breed Florida coral with coral from Honduras for the DARPA #Reefense project. Read more below! (2/2)