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massive congrats to collaborator, friend, and source of inspiration Prof. Raquel Peixoto at KAUST for the Frontiers Planet Prize 2024 www.frontiersplanetprize.org . Awarded was the concept of 'microbiome stewardship' to rehabilitate organisms & ecosystem functions as proposed in the Nature Microbiology Perspective article with Prof. Voolstra as the 2nd author .. we currently implement the concept on the ground, or shall we say underwater ;)

NANO von 3sat hat mich am 17. April interviewt zum Thema 4. Global Korallenbleiche: wie schlimm ist es und was kann man tun? Die Sendung kann online gestreamt werden, einfach den 'Read more' link klicken!

The children book I'm part of is out: "Kira Coral and the disappearing colors of the sea" .. more timely than ever following the announcement of 4th Global Coral Bleaching :( ... still a story of realism and hope!

In this Review, Voolstra, Raina, Peixoto et al. discuss the function and role of the microbiome in coral health and disease, and explore its response to global change and the implications for coral reef conservation. This review was published in Nature Reviews Microbiology on March 4, 2024.

One of the greatest natural disasters is taking place beneath the surface of the sea: Coral reefs are dying worldwide, and with them thousands of species, some of which are still undiscovered. Renowned coral researcher Christian Voolstra explains how to help the ocean's oases, what probiotics have to do with it and how to find the super coral

Tagesschau Interview

News piece on current efforts and our determination to look up, not down!

The first-ever report on the world's coral reefs presents a grim picture, as losses mount due to global warming.

But there are signs of hope - some regions are having coral growth, and researchers found that corals can recover if given a decade of reprieve from hot water.

Save the corals: The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation funds the rapid stress test “CBASS” to assess the climate resilience of corals with a total of 4 million dollars.