# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Reef Lecture: Reefs of Wonder: The Fragile Reproduction of Coral Life in a Changing Ocean
- **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 18 Jun, 2025 at 06:00 pm – Wed, 18 Jun, 2025 at 06:45 pm
- **Event Description**: Join CCMI for the next event in our 2025 Grand Cayman Reef Lecture series: Reefs of Wonder: The Fragile Reproduction of Coral Life in a Changing Ocean
Wednesday, 18th June
6:00 pm - 6:45 pm
Ambassadors of the Environment (The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman)
Register for FREE: https://donate.reefresearch.org/RLS0625

About the topic:
In celebration of World Ocean Day 2025 and its theme “Wonder: Sustaining What Sustains Us”, this lecture highlights the ecological importance and delicate beauty of coral reefs, with a focus on how reef-building corals reproduce. Although reefs cover less than 1% of the ocean floor, they support more than 25% of marine life and provide vital services such as food, shelter, coastal protection, and biomedical resources. Coral reproduction is essential for reef renewal and long-term resilience. However, rising ocean temperatures and marine heatwaves are leading to widespread bleaching, which weakens corals, reduces their ability to reproduce, and increases mortality. Without healthy and reproducing corals, entire reef ecosystems and the benefits they provide are at risk of collapse.

About the speaker:
Jessica Bleuel is a coral reef ecologist conducting postdoctoral research at the Institute of Marine Sciences (LABOMAR) and the Marine Ecology Lab (LECOM) in Brazil, as well as at the Central Caribbean Marine Institute (CCMI) in Little Cayman. Her research focuses on how thermal stress affects coral ecophysiology and how corals respond to changes in light, nutrients, and temperature. She is currently investigating the effects of rising ocean temperatures on coral reproduction, using Favia species from the Caribbean and Brazil as model organisms.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/george-town/reef-lecture-reefs-of-wonder-the-fragile-reproduction-of-coral-life-in-a-changing-ocean/200028268738950
- **Event Categories**: nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 32

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: George Town
- **state**: SO
- **country**: Cayman Islands
- **location**: Ambassadors of the Environment, The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman
- **lat**: 19.334387531686
- **long**: -81.379809379578
- **full address**: Ambassadors of the Environment, The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman, 1040 West Bay Rd, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1200, Cayman Islands,West Bay, Cayman Islands

## Event gallery

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Reef Lecture: Reefs of Wonder: The Fragile Reproduction of Coral Life in a Changing Ocean being held?
  - **A:** Reef Lecture: Reefs of Wonder: The Fragile Reproduction of Coral Life in a Changing Ocean takes place on Wed, 18 Jun, 2025 at 06:00 pm to Wed, 18 Jun, 2025 at 06:45 pm at Ambassadors of the Environment, The Ritz-Carlton, Grand Cayman, 1040 West Bay Rd, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1200, Cayman Islands,West Bay, Cayman Islands.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Reef Lecture: Reefs of Wonder: The Fragile Reproduction of Coral Life in a Changing Ocean?
  - **A:** Reef Lecture: Reefs of Wonder: The Fragile Reproduction of Coral Life in a Changing Ocean is organized by CCMI - Central Caribbean Marine Institute.

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