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 language of...

We are so excited to share our next film from the CRC’s Storytelling Hub which features the #reefstory of Dr. Natasha Zulaikha (of Coralku ( www.coralku.org )! With a passion for ocean stewardship that extends far beyond the reef, Natasha co-founded Coralku in 2019. Using techniques that balance cost-effectiveness and ecological value, Coralku tests and selects methods that can be replicated at scale for realistic and long-term reef recovery. Additionally, Coralku’s main research work,...

From August 18 to 20, 2025, the Eastern Tropical Pacific (ETP) Coral Restoration Workshop took place in San José, Costa Rica. The event was sponsored by the Coral Restoration Consortium (CRC) and organized by the Center for Research in Marine Sciences and Limnology (CIMAR) at the University of Costa Rica, the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (USFQ), and the University of Guadalajara. The workshop brought together over 25 participants from six countries — Mexico, El Salvador, Costa Rica,...