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Mauricio diving at Keeper Reef. (c) Ferreira 2025

Guest Blog: Mauricio Ferreira

Mauricio is one of those multi-talented young people who just excel at whatever they do – whether that’s coaching children on Capoeira skills, analytical chemistry, working as corporate receptionist or marine biology! He has volunteered as Scientist in… Read More

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Posted on February 16, 2026 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

biodiversity, climate change, conservation, education, Environment, learning, nature, ocean, pollution, resilience, sail training, Science

Acropora, Australia, Barrier Reef, branching corals, calcification, climate change, endosymbiont clades, massive corals, Mauricio Ferreira, mitochondrial DNA, ocean warming, Pelican of London, Porites, resilience, super corals, thermal stress, University of Southampton

The atmosphere - ocean interface, where gas exchange takes place to establish and maintain equilibrium. (c) C Braungardt 2022

…nothing such as a free lunch…

For many decades, we’ve released too much carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere and for some decades, scientists have developed and tested geoengineering solutions for the consequences of increased concentrations of greenhouse gases in our… Read More

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Posted on January 15, 2023 by Dr Charlotte Braungardt

Carbon Offset, climate change, conservation, engineering, learning, nature, pollution, Science, Sustainability, technology

alkalinity, calcification, carbon, carbon dioxide, carbonic acid, climate change, geoengineering, greenhouse gas, IRONEX, mitigation, ocean acidification, Ocean Science, photosynthesis

Guest Blog: Mauricio Ferreira

…nothing such as a free lunch…

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