July 20, 2020

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Sep 21

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New Reef Check/Biosphere Expeditions EcoExpedition!! Join us in Panamá 🇵🇦⁠
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There are two options to choose from next year:⁠
October 1-8, 2027⁠
October 10-17, 2027⁠
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This expedition will take you to Panamá’s Caribbean coast to explore the Bocas del Toro archipelago. During the trip, you will be trained as a Reef Check EcoDiver and collect valuable data on this biodiverse hotspot. Long-term monitoring data will support this ecosystem through challenges such as climate change, disease, development, and overfishing, which are becoming more prevalent every year. ⁠
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Expedition cost:⁠
€2990 (approx. £2566 | US$3466 | AU$4832)⁠
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See more details about the trip at our 🔗⁠

📸: @kogia_org @adammoore1
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#panama #scubadiving #marinebiology #oceanconservation⁠

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Sep 18

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The new Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN) report plainly states the importance of this work. Long-term monitoring gives scientists and managers the information needed to understand baselines, map long-term trends, find correlations between reef changes and their causes, and gather recovery data. ⁠
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In this way, we can stay laser-focused on conservation goals, concentrating efforts in places that have proven to be most effective.⁠
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Want to be a part of the solution? Join us for a future Reef Check training or donate to our cause today.⁠

📸: @kogia_org @nessimstevenson
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#coralreef #scubadiving #CoralBleachingAwareness #ForCoral #reefrestoration⁠

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Sep 16

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New report out now: Status and Trends of the West Coast’s Kelp Forests 2025. This report analyzes and summarizes 20 years of data our Reef Check divers have collected on the health of our kelp forests. ⁠
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This report is a huge milestone for us. By analyzing this data, we understand changes in the ecosystems, which provides essential information for conservation.⁠
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Thank you to all of the thousands of Reef Check volunteer divers who made this extraordinary dataset possible. ⁠
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“Over two decades, you trained as citizen scientists, traveled to survey sites, boarded boats before dawn, carried tanks down beaches and cliffs, returned year after year to the same reefs, and contributed your own time and resources to participate. The value of your contribution cannot be measured simply in hours or dollars. Because of your dedication, we now have a long-term record of kelp forest ecosystems at a scale that would otherwise have been impossible to achieve.” ⁠
~Dan Abbott, Reef Check’s Kelp Forest Program Director.⁠
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We also want to thank the people who made this possible topside. We can’t do this work without your donations and enthusiasm for supporting science. We’re in this together. ⁠
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Thank you!⁠
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Read the full report at our link in bio.⁠

📸: @shuowei.photo
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#kelpforest #scubadiver #oceanconservation #marinebiology