Science Sundays: "Can We Save Coral Reefs?"

Portrait of Andrea Grottoli
January 12, 2025
3:00PM - 5:00PM
Ohio Union U.S. Bank Conference Theater

Date Range
2025-01-12 15:00:00 2025-01-12 17:00:00 Science Sundays: "Can We Save Coral Reefs?" Coral reefs are being decimated by climate change and local stressors. Mitigating these stressors and restoring reefs are part of a large tapestry of interventions needed to save coral reefs. In this talk, Dr. Andréa Grottoli will summarize the state of coral reefs, present a brief synthesis of her work on coral resilience, and share early findings from her patented technology to enhance coral feeding as an intervention to increase coral restoration success. While technology can provide short-term solutions to help targeted corals survive the next couple of decades, maintaining functional coral reefs this century requires the simultaneous mitigation of global and local stressors such as rising global temperatures and pollution. This event is free and open to the public. We ask that you kindly RSVP using the updated form below, but registration is not required to attend the lecture. Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis. This month's reception will be held in the Ohio Union Great Hall.RSVP coming soon! Ohio Union U.S. Bank Conference Theater America/New_York public

Coral reefs are being decimated by climate change and local stressors. Mitigating these stressors and restoring reefs are part of a large tapestry of interventions needed to save coral reefs. In this talk, Dr. Andréa Grottoli will summarize the state of coral reefs, present a brief synthesis of her work on coral resilience, and share early findings from her patented technology to enhance coral feeding as an intervention to increase coral restoration success. While technology can provide short-term solutions to help targeted corals survive the next couple of decades, maintaining functional coral reefs this century requires the simultaneous mitigation of global and local stressors such as rising global temperatures and pollution. 

This event is free and open to the public. We ask that you kindly RSVP using the updated form below, but registration is not required to attend the lecture. Seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis. This month's reception will be held in the Ohio Union Great Hall.

RSVP coming soon!

Science Sundays is a free lecture series open to the public that provides a wide range of current and emerging topics and issues in science that touch our everyday lives. Speakers are experts in their fields from on campus and around the world with experience in making their topics interesting and accessible for audiences of all ages, with or without a science background.

A free, informal reception will be held from 4-5 p.m. in the Ohio Union Great Hall.

If you have questions about accessibility or wish to request an accommodation for a disability please contact John Beacom (beacom.7@osu.edu; 614-247-8102).  With advance notice of two weeks, we can generally provide seamless access.