Thomas J Goreau is president of the non-profit Global Coral Reef Alliance. He has been swimming in reefs since he could walk: his father was the world’s first diving marine scientist. He was educated in Jamaica, MIT, Caltech, and Harvard. His research, focusing on reef restoration, global warming, coral diseases, and community based coastal zone management of nutrient pollution, has taken him across the Caribbean, Indian Ocean, Pacific, as well as the Amazon jungle and Panamanian Indian villages. He is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Recent articles

It is probably already too late to stop rapid climate change. The results for coral reefs and other life systems will be disastrous. Tom Goreau reports from the global-warming frontline.

It’s easy to take a shoreline for granted: lost in contemplation of what lies beyond, the edge itself receives little notice. But what happens when even the brink begins to crumble? Faced with this dilemma, the Global Coral Reef Alliance haven’t stood still on the beach – they’ve grown their own.