Ocean & Reefs – Amazetify

Puerto Rico Is Replanting a Reef That Survived the Heat: 30,000 Elkhorn Corals for Cayo Largo

November 3, 2026

Healthy elkhorn coral colony on a shallow reef in Puerto Rico

A Puerto Rico reef that came through the 2023–2024 marine heat waves better than its neighbors is getting 30,000 new elkhorn corals by 2028, planted by hand on little domes of cement.

Divers Rode a “Coral Torpedo” Into the Deep Gulf to Replant a Broken Reef

October 23, 2026

Coral samples inside a coral torpedo ready for seafloor outplanting

In spring 2026, a NOAA ship crew and technical divers outplanted propagated mesophotic corals on seafloor habitat still healing from the Deepwater Horizon spill — and photographed every step.