A joint team—Fiorella Prada, Grace Saba, Chip Haldeman, and Kayla Cayemitte from Rutgers University–New Brunswick (USA) and Tali Mass and Dar Golomb from The Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa (Israel)—is investigating coral reefs along Costa Rica’s North Pacific coast

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A joint team—Fiorella Prada, Grace Saba, Chip Haldeman, and Kayla Cayemitte from Rutgers University–New Brunswick (USA) and Tali Mass and Dar Golomb from The Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa (Israel)—is investigating coral reefs along Costa Rica’s North Pacific coast

A joint team—Fiorella Prada, Grace Saba, Chip Haldeman, and Kayla Cayemitte from Rutgers University–New Brunswick (USA) and Tali Mass and Dar Golomb from The Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa (Israel)—is investigating coral reefs along Costa Rica’s North Pacific coast, comparing upwelling (cooler, nutrient-rich) sites in Culebra Bay, Gulf of Papagayo, with non-upwelling reefs near Sámara. They are also collaborating closely with local reef restoration partners at Proyecto Corales Sámara and researchers from the Universidad de Costa Rica UCR – CIMAR Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología.

They are analyzing coral health and oceanographic conditions at both sites to explore how naturally cooler and nutrient rich environments might act as “refugia” against rising ocean temperatures—potentially helping corals adapt and survive as marine heatwaves intensify. Stay tuned for more updates on their progress!