by David Ojok, CRC Communications I’ve stopped pretending I can predict my whole future, but 2026 feels like a year where I want to show up with more intention for the ocean, not in a dramatic “move to a research station and live underwater” kind of way, but in the small, consistent habits that actually shape stewardship. My first goal is simple: learn more, but learn smarter. I want to deepen my understanding of bleaching response, monitoring, and regional restoration strate

by David Ojok, CRC Communications There’s a strange poetry in the phrase “tipping point” .  It sounds like balance and motion meeting at the same breath, a moment when the world either bends toward collapse or renewal. The new Global Tipping Points Report  reminds us that our planet’s systems are approaching thresholds that can’t simply be “fixed” by returning to what was. It’s unsettling. But for those of us in coral restoration, it’s also familiar. Because reefs live in the

by David Ojok, CRC Communications Hey, I’m David Ojok, and yes, “coral” somehow became my full-time conversation starter. At the Coral Restoration Consortium (CRC), I serve as Communications Support staff, turning the science and sweat of reef restoration into stories people actually want to read. When people hear I moved from land-based climate advocacy into the coral world, they often picture me trading a megaphone for a snorkel. The truth is quieter and stranger: I never l