Gore to visit Nova's coral reef research center [$15 Million Fed Stimulus Grant]

St. Petersburg - Tampa Bay Times ^ | September 27, 2012

[Cincinatus' Wife]

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) -- Former Vice President Al Gore is slated to speak at the opening of Nova Southeastern University's $50 million coral reef research center.

The South Florida center will focus on protecting coral reefs around the world and will cultivate coral species in nurseries for re-introduction to the ocean. Florida is home to most of the nation's coral reefs.

Nova received a $15 million dollar federal stimulus grant to help fund the center. University officials said the center has created 22 new academic jobs, 300 construction jobs and will employ 50 graduate students....

[Marine_Uncle]

I’ll throw in my endorsement as well.

[hinckley buzzard]

Not many 7.0 earthquakes in Florida though. Fortunately the corals are mostly in fine shape.

[deoetdoctrinae]

My niece has been working on a project at Nova that is attempting to see if it is viable to revitalize "at-risk" reefs by transplanting healthy coral on to them.