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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 20h

A lil sneak peek at the premier membership swag bag, available at our kickoff meeting. We’re wrassling up some aquatic bespoke items & offers for you Miami Coralheads! We’ll share more info soon, as we’re 13 days away from our first meeting @ Gramps Getaway on Thursday, Oct. 22nd from 6-10pm 🪸🌇🪸

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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Come out to the kickoff meeting of the Miami Coral Club to learn more about Miami's urban corals! Thursday, October 22nd, 6-10pm at Gramps Getaway on Virginia Key 🪸🪸🪸

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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

As seen in this video, an abundantly coral-populated tidal zone lies just feet from a major highway 🪸🛣️🪸

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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

This video takes you on a snorkel along MacArthur Causeway, home to many urban corals 🪸🛣️🪸

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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The coral that started it all… this daytime / nighttime video of an endangered elkhorn (Acropora palmata), aka the OG ‘Super Coral,’ shows off the hyper-fluorescence that caught our attention! 🪸🔦🪸

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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

We will discuss Miami’s urban corals in the Miami Coral Club kickoff meeting, which takes place from 6-10pm,Thursday, October 22nd at Gramps Getaway. Come out to learn about Miami corals and make friends with like-minded Coralheads! 🪸🌇🪸

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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

These adaptable beings have inspired much of CM’s work over the last 15 years, including the Coral City Camera and now, the Miami Coral Club 🪸

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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The brain coral emerging at low tide from the water in this photo is what we termed an ‘urban coral.’ That is a coral that has naturally recruited onto human-made shorelines, seawalls, and artificial reefs 🪸

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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Come out for a fun, educational meet and greet with Miami’s Coralheads!

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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Enjoy Coral Morphologic & Coral City Camera visual activations throughout the space, DJ sets from Miami’s own Jacuzzi Boys, & a happy hour all night long! Premier membership swag bags & pre-orders for the Coral City Camera 2027 calendar will be available on a first-come, first-served basis 🪸

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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

This October marks Coral Morphologic’s 19th year, and we are excited to launch the Miami Coral Club, a new coral-focused monthly event series at Gramps Getaway! Join us Thursday, October 22nd, 6-10 PM for our kickoff meeting, where you can sign up for membership & learn more about Miami’s reefs 🪸

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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A view in the Coral Morphologic coral museum 🪸

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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

🪸Hi, Friends!🪸 A great way to support CM *and* beautify your home is through the purchase of our photographic prints 📸 Below is a close-up of a Portuguese Man O War 🪼 Browse this print and many more selections @ coralmorphologic.bigcartel.com/category/pho...

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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

🚨Coral City Bleaching Report🚨 The Summer of 2026 is on track to have the warmest local sea surface temperatures since the bleaching event of 2023. However, the impacts on coral health appear to be considerably less severe compared to the devastating impact 2023 had on our reefs.

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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Happy Birthday to Her Deepness Dr. Sylvia Earle! 🪸🐠🙌🐠🪸 Looking forward to more underwater adventures 😎

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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Collectively, we want to ensure that these genetics can be amplified, studied, and hopefully outplanted in a manner that restores functional habitat to Miami's nearshore reefs in the future. The real test comes in August when our summer heat peaks.

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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

We are grateful for the Neon Reef shore diver community, especially Ashley Schmidt, who provided GPS coordinates to locate several small colonies of staghorn corals just a few hundred feet offshore one of the busiest beaches on the planet.

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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

While the genotype native to Port of Miami (aka ACER 'Ventura') did not bleach in the heartbreaking summer of 2023, we don't want to risk losing this extremely resilient strain to the global heat building in 2026's unfolding Super El Niño.

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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

By banking clones of these corals offshore, the aim is to increase their chance of survival by moving them to an environment where they will hopefully avoid bleaching later this summer.

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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Before hanging them from a new coral tree anchored in 60' of clear blue water, we preserved small tissue samples for lab analysis by Dr. Steve Vollmer at Florida Atlantic University to investigate the genetic and microbial basis of their resilience.

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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The fragments were then brought several miles offshore to UM's deeper-water nursery, where the water is cooler and UV radiation less intense.

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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

With surface temperatures rising rapidly amidst rafts of sargassum seaweed, a special mission took place on July 10th with the University of Miami's Lirman Lab and Rescue a Reef to collect staghorn coral fragments from the Coral City Camera site and Miami Beach's nearshore Neon Reef 🪸🔥🪸

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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

We are happy to announce the publication of a new research paper by University of Miami coral scientist Dr. Allyson DeMerlis in collaboration with Coral Morphologic 🪸

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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Scores of endangered mountainous star corals (Orbicella faveolata) have settled; many are 15" in diameter and reproductively capable. From Meandrina to Mycetophyllia, Coral City is home 🪸🪸🪸

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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

The strong tidal currents that alternate between clear offshore water and nutrient rich Bay water is perfect for corals and filter feeding sponges. Fifteen years on and twenty five species of stony corals call this riprap home. Many of the oldest brain corals are approaching 30" in diameter 🪸🪸🪸

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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Since 2011 they’ve become an extraordinary real world experiment for understanding coral recruitment & adaptation in the Anthropocene. From about 10' deep the boulders rise steeply up the shoreline to a high berm that protects the crucial Biscayne Bay Pilots station from the open Atlantic Ocean 🪸🪸🪸

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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

The limestone boulders that comprise the 'reef' here are known as riprap… basically rocks that fortify shorelines against erosion. Fifteen years ago PortMiami needed to fortify their shoreline and used premium white limestone boulders. Physically and chemically ideal for coral growth 🪸🪸🪸

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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

On this Earth Day we celebrate the urban corals of Coral City. Believe it or not, every coral that settled here naturally has done so within the last 15 years 🪸🪸🪸

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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

WEIRD MIAMI moments on the water 🌊 Colin Foord of Coral Morphologic leads a boat tour through Miami’s luminous, vulnerable, marine landscapes 🪸🌇🪸

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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

We are offering a fresh CM holiday print: a detail of the Colpophyllia natans lower brain coral (LBC) photographed underwater at the Coral City Camera site 🪸 Purchase: coralmorphologic.bigcartel.com/product/colp...

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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

A moon jellyfish eclipses the sun at the REEFLINE 🌕🪼🌞 x 🪸🚙🪸

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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

A newborn baby dwarf seahorse riding swell in the Miami Native Coral Lab #coralmorphologic

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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

A BIG Thank You goes out to everyone that supported the Coral City Foundation for this year’s Give Miami Day! We exceeded our fundraising goal! 🥳🎉🙌💜

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Coral Morphologic @coralmorphologic.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Aurora borealis from family up in Maine 😳😳 11.11.25 #whoa

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