Give the Gift of Healthy Coral Reefs This Giving Tuesday

Corals are living legacies.

They grow for hundreds of years, laying the foundation for reefs and creating complex, three-dimensional and colourful habitats home to a quarter of all marine life.

But sadly, climate change, disease, pollution and more are killing reefs all around the world. Some of our oldest and largest corals are being wiped out in a matter of days, and 90% of the world’s corals on track to die by 2050.

We can’t turn back time, but we do have the chance to reimagine, recreate and restore.

At the Perry Institute for Marine Science, we’re revolutionizing ocean conservation and creating a Caribbean-wide movement to save coral reefs…whether through reef restoration, innovation or inspiration.

Will you join us?

This Giving Tuesday, we’re asking you to adopt a coral or sponsor a coral nursery!


Together, let’s ensure coral reefs don’t become a thing of the past.

Adopt a coral. For $25 USD, we’ll outplant one coral onto a degraded reef.

Sponsor a coral nursery tree. For $100, we’ll build a new coral nursery, growing 50 coral fragments in optimal conditions! Once they’re big enough, we’ll prune these corals and outplant their progeny onto struggling reefs.

 

Young Leadership Program Participants: Amelia Pratt, Gabryella Julien, Tracey Brown, Ethan Strachan, J'Den Austin, Quinten Kemp Dive Instructors: Natalia Hurtado and Silia Woodside

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A Coral Ark suspended off Vieques, Puerto Rico, teeming with life 12 months after deployment. Coral fragments have matured alongside encrusting algae, sponges, and reef fish — a living example of how midwater structures can foster healthier, viralized reef environments. ©Baer at el. 2025

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