On behalf of another environmental organization, we’re running a short, 10-minute survey. forms.gle/zfqkJaRSSEBB3p…
The survey is for all residents of Palau who are 18+ years old! Please share with your family, friends, and colleagues.

In anticipation of our 2024 expeditions in #AmericaSamoa and #Palau , OET leaders met with National Marine Sanctuary of American Samoa's Atuatasi-Lelei Peau, Honorable Lemanu Palepoi Sialega Mauga, and Palau National Marine Sanctuary Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC)'s Mr. King Sam.

#InFocus 🔎 Researchers are hunting for heat-resistant corals that could help reefs survive a warming ocean. Steve Palumbi's lab at Stanford is testing coral samples with a new technique to find resilient types🪸that can then be grown & transplanted. stanford.io/3IU8chb

Exciting to be back in Palau for spawning season again! There’s already been some action from our Acropora digitifera colonies Coralassist Lab Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC)

📢New paper📢in Springer Coral Reefs with amazing co-lead Piera Biondi Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC)

🪸🌀Demographic recovery of some coral taxa after catastrophic typhoons

💡Recruitment limitation

💡Rapid colonisation by Pocillopora

💡Demographic monitoring offers early indicators of recovery

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In collaboration with UQ News, our researchers have published a new study in Bull Mar Sci on the coral reef dynamics at Lighthouse and Ngederrak reefs in Palau. 🪸Congrats to Greta Sartori and the other authors.

Find out more here: picrc.org/new-study-publ…

Pocilloporid stock-recruitment relationships exist at a small scale, and seem to be impacted by thermal stress. Thanks Peter Mumby for the exciting collab...stay tuned for more cool research from this reef tract! 🪸
Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC)
doi.org/10.5343/bms.20…

Happy to be sharing some findings at #BES2023 about an emergent increase in coral heat tolerance in Palau.

But this raises many new questions - what's the role of species turnover, acclimatisation, adaptation, symbionts?

Thnks to amazing collabs: Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) & Coralassist Lab

Delighted to be invited to share the work of my ONE Planet DTP PhD and the work of the wonderful Coralassist Lab in Bremen today!

Thanks Tropical Climate Variability & Coral Reefs SPP2299 and those who've supported my research
International Coral Reef Society Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) Natural Environment Research Council Mitacs IDEA WILD Ecology Group, Newcastle University

The July-September quarter was a busy time at PICRC! Read the newsletter for the quarter: picrc.org/tekoil-chei-pi…
And you can sign up to receive Tekoi’l Chei, our e-newsletter, which is sent out every three months, here: forms.gle/DhbUD9gyjMxgX1…

Happy Anniversary to the Palau National Marine Sanctuary (PNMS)! @picrcpalau and our #BlueParks team are thrilled to announce the PNMS as a Blue Spark, making progress toward achieving the #BlueParks standard for excellence in biodiversity conservation. tinyurl.com/Blue-Spark

Research Director Geraldine Rengiil and PNMS Programs Manager King Sam recently joined the Pacific Coral Reef Collective forum. The forum brought together reef managers and partners to address the challenges facing coral reefs and explore the solutions.
picrc.org/picrc-research…

The next issue of our e-newsletter—Tekoi’l Chei—will be sent out next week. Sign up to our email list to receive a copy. 🪸🐟 forms.gle/RMbK8uzCQ34g8r…

Two new holiday programs at Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC). The Ocean Explorers Program—a week long course for students in Grades 6 and 7, and Educators in Science—a three-day, professional development workshop for teachers in Palau. They were both a lot of fun and we've had positive feedback!

We are very excited and grateful to be a CORDAP awardee with Peter Mumby Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) IMBIBE Lab. Our project, CORALADAPT will support implementation of restoration interventions that aim to enhance adaptation.
Ecology Group, Newcastle University
Sciences at Newcastle

We're collaborating with Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) & Dionne Group to optimize innovative environmental DNA methods that can enable detection of marine life spanning microbes to mammals.🦠➡️🐬

Meet the team & explore #eDNA research 🔗stanford.io/48tu4vx

📷: Collin Closek 🏳️‍🌈 Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC)

A unique collaboration among Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions, Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC), & @StanfordMS could illuminate new approaches for monitoring some of the world's largest marine protected areas, like Palau National Marine Sanctuary and NOAA's Monterey Bay NMS. 🌊

Learn more: bit.ly/eDNAsensor

National Sun Yat-sen University signed MOUs with Palau institutions for collaboration of blue carbon economy and climate change studies
#NSYSU Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC)

This spring, I had the opportunity to join Collin Closek 🏳️‍🌈 Stanford Center for Ocean Solutions at the Palau International Coral Reef Center (PICRC) to get early feedback on our work developing #nanophotonics for #ocean #biodiversity monitoring. Learn more about our #eDNA collab w/ the Palau National Marine Sanctuary in this piece by Katie Jewett Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability!

On September 1st we signed an MOU with Ngiwal State Government on mangrove ecotourism promotion. Read more about the planned mangrove ecotour here: bit.ly/45Xs7Wv