Reef Exchanges
by Reef Resilience Network
Latest episode
The Gathering Storm: Preparing for a Very Strong El Niño
The Gathering Storm: Preparing for a Very Strong El Niño
About this podcast
The Reef Resilience Network’s podcast, Reef Exchanges, features conversations between Network team members and experts from around the world. Each episode features an in-depth discussion around a new development in marine science and management. You can listen to episodes below, or where ever you get your podcasts.
Episodes
- The Gathering Storm: Preparing for a Very Strong El Niño · 27 min · Season 1 Episode 12On this episode, we are joined by Julia Rose, Coral Restoration Program Manager for The Nature Conservancy in Hawai’i. Julia talks about her experiences conducting coral…
- Confirm, Then Act Fast: Encountering Invasive Soft Corals in Puerto Rico · 27 min · Season 1 Episode 11On this episode, we are joined by Daniel Toledo-Rodriguez, master’s student at the University of Puerto Rico, and Dr. Nilda Jimenez from the Puerto Rico Department of Natural and…
- Just Graze: Restoring Herbivores to Coral Reefs in Saba · 28 min · Season 1 Episode 10Eutrophication, species die-offs, and overfishing herbivorous fish and urchins have led to faster-growing algae in many areas of the Caribbean, preventing corals from recruiting…
- Hold it Together: Stabilizing Rubble for Reef Restoration · 30 min · Season 1 Episode 9In this episode, originally recorded for the 2025 Coral Reef Restoration Mentored Online Course, we speak with Suki Leung at the University of Queensland Marine Spatial Ecology…
- Monitoring Coral Bleaching with Drones · 27 min · Season 1 Episode 8As a part of Bleaching Awareness Month, led by our partners with the Coral Reef Alliance and International Coral Reef Initiative, we check in with longtime friend of the Network…
- Improving Reef Monitoring with MERMAID · 23 min · Season 1 Episode 7Description: In response to the excitement and interest across the Network in MERMAID after our webinar on the topic earlier in 2025, we invited Dr. Emily Darling, Director of…
- Trust the Process: Climate Adaptation Planning in The Bahamas · 13 min · Season 1 Episode 6In collaboration with The Nature Conservancy Northern Caribbean Program, the Reef Resilience Network created a process for updating MPA management plans to be Climate-Smart and…
- Financing an MPA: The Blue Alliance Approach · 18 min · Season 1 Episode 5Historically, funding for MPAs has often fallen short of what is needed to ensure effective management and successful outcomes. At the same time, governments around the world are…
- Management Effectiveness for MPAs with Lauren Wenzel · 13 min · Season 1 Episode 4With the Convention on Biological Diversity’s ambitious 30x30 commitment—aiming to increase the coverage of "effectively conserved and managed" areas to 30%—there is renewed…
- A Deeper Dive Into Mesophotic Reefs with Camille Kaczmar and Dr. Jessica Bellworthy · 13 min · Season 1 Episode 3As climate change threatens tropical coral reefs with warming waters, the search for areas where water temperature remains relatively cool during warming events has become a…
- Getting Started with MPA Enforcement with Sunny Tellwright · 22 min · Season 1 Episode 2MPA Enforcement, better understood as Monitoring, Control, Surveillance, and Enforcement (MCS&E), can be critical to effective coral reef management efforts, and many members of…
- Making the Case for Nature-Based Wastewater Solutions with Rob McDonald · 30 min · Season 1 Episode 1In this episode, Henry Borrebach and Kristen Maize from the Reef Resilience Network are joined by Rob McDonald, Lead Scientist for Nature-based Solutions at The Nature…
