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The UN Decade of Ocean Science starts NOW and at Reef Life Foundation, we have an unbelievable amount of hope that governments and economies will ramp up their investment in and protection of the ocean. Ocean stakeholders worldwide have gathered to say “no more”, fearing the outstanding consequences of the continued decline in ocean health. The UN has declared 2021 through the end of 2030 the “Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development”. This means that governing bod

Melody Brenna on Necker Island. Reef Life was asked to present to Richard Branson in the Extreme Tech Challenge in 2017, where the first Roman Ruins Dive Reef was designed. Our Water Woman for this Wednesday is our determined CEO and Co-Founder, Melody Brenna. How did a Texas girl who grew up on horseback, fall in love with the Ocean? Melody’s story is about business, nanotech science, and an unwavering determination to help mother nature: "My father was an innovator in compu

*Original Action update on UN platform here. Achievements at a glance The Nature Foundation St Maarten partnered with Reef Life Foundation in an effort to find solutions for their vulnerable coral reef ecosystems. In November 2018, we deployed three IntelliReefs structures underwater near Philipsburg, Sint Maarten as part of a pilot study. The structures were deployed on three sites: a coral reef in a marine protected area (MPA), a busy coral reef/seagrass bed through-way, an

Long story short: coral reefs are dying around the world. But what are the causes behind it and what does it mean for the ocean as a whole? Like in any natural system, there are interdependent environmental factors, and when one thing goes wrong, the whole ocean can experience a domino effect. The corals that make up the beautiful reef systems that we know and love work together with tiny algae called zooxanthellae. Zooxanthellae help feed corals through photosynthesis and it

Coral Reef Restoration Funding with Global Giving, GuideStar and Benevity to Save Oceans and Coastal Communities.

Mara G. Haseltine "Always in search of safe alternatives to traditional concrete in reef restoration work, I came across Reef Life Foundation and have been working with their scientists and co-founder, designer: Guyon K. Brenna, who has created elements for me in the last few years in order to transform my artistic designs to reality." MGH I am planning on making the entire base of the Rococo Cocco Reef  which is a sculpture, a living reef and a beach break; a design I am cre

We met an incredibly talented wildlife filmmaker, Michelle Sanders at the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival She had done a marvelous interview of Dr. Sylvia Earle, our Ocean Heroine. When the Waitt Foundation funded Phase Three of the Coral Monitoring on our IntelliReefs Caribbean MPA sites; we asked Michelle to join the film team! Michelle is a Freelance Video Creator at the Turtle Conservancy, NY helping the organization’s mission and raise awareness for turtle conservati

"Coastal ecosystems must be conserved and restored as globally significant carbon sinks. Despite their small extent relative to other ecosystems, they sequester and store globally significant amounts of carbon in their soil and species, green and blue. Ongoing destruction and loss of these systems contributes to human-induced greenhouse gases. Alongside tropical forests and peatlands, coastal ecosystems demonstrate how nature can be used to enhance climate change mitigation s

Project New Life Together We Can Create New Life From the Rubble of Hurricane Dorian ​ Hurricane Dorian pummeled the Bahamas with 185 mph winds and a 20-foot storm surge.  With countless dead, many still missing, and thousands of buildings and homes destroyed, Dorian stands as the worst disaster in Bahamian history. Hurricane Dorian above, destruction of homes, schools, boats, and human losses. Eco Blue Projects will recycle addition materials such as metal, boats, and

Reef Life's IntelliReefs division brings advanced ocean innovations as the United Nations declared a Decade of Ocean Science "The Science We Need for the Oceans We Want" https://www.oceandecade.org/ The Oceanite Reef Mineral Substrates have performed beautifully, creating a fish feeding, coral growing, sponge breathing reefscape, on a plain sand ocean bottom, where there was no prior reef activity, increasing the bio-diversity of marine creatures exponentially, in a sh