Thought Leader Profile
C. Mark Eakin
Coordinator, Coral Reef Watch, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminiatraion
C. Mark Eakin, PhD, has worked for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for over 20 years and directs Coral Reef Watch, a program that monitors coral reef ecosystems through satellite and in water observations. Mark holds a PhD in Biological Oceanography from the University of Miami and publishes on coral reef ecology, especially the impact of climate change on coral reefs, coral bleaching, ocean acidification, and coral paleoclimatology.
Mark co-chaired the US Coral Reef Task Force's Climate Change Working Group, has testified before the US Congress on the impacts of climate change, was a contributing author on the 2014 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Report, and was a chief scientific advisor for the Sundance-winning film Chasing Coral.
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Posted on Sun Jun 16, 2024, 7:00 am
NOAA Planet Stewards - Webinars - NOS Education - National Ocean Service (.gov) -
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(PDF) The 2014-17 Global Coral Bleaching Event: The Most Severe and Widesprea... -
Posted on Fri Apr 16, 2021, 7:00 am
Global warming’s extreme rains threaten Hawaii’s coral reefs - New York Post -
Posted on Sat Feb 20, 2021, 5:25 pm
Fig. 3.1 (a) Yearly coral bleaching records by 1 grid cell. (b) The... - rese... -
Posted on Mon Aug 19, 2019, 7:00 am
Rapid Coral Decay Is Associated with Marine Heatwave Mortality Events on Reef... -
Posted on Mon Jul 22, 2019, 7:00 am
(PDF) The 2014–2017 global-scale coral bleaching event: insights and impacts ... -
Posted on Sun Mar 31, 2019, 7:00 am
Bleaching has struck the southernmost coral reef in the world - The Conversation -
Posted on Wed May 9, 2018, 7:00 am
Great Barrier Reef Bleaching 'Has Been Devastating' — But Don't Give Up Hope,... -
Posted on Thu Feb 8, 2018, 7:47 pm
Figure 4: NOAA Coral Reef Watch 50 km satellite Bleaching Alert Area... - res... -
Posted on Wed Feb 7, 2018, 11:22 pm
Figure 1. Chart of southeastern Aruba. Locations of study sites denoted... - ... -
Posted on Sat Jul 8, 2017, 9:59 am
Archive: Coral Bleaching Reddit Science #AUA: June 30, 2016 - National Ocean ... -
Posted on Mon Jun 19, 2017, 7:00 am
3-year Global Coral Bleaching Event Easing, But Still Bad - VOA - Voice of Am... -
Posted on Fri Nov 18, 2016, 8:00 am
In graveyard of dead coral in Pacific, hope and life bloom - Phys.org -
Posted on Fri Apr 15, 2016, 7:00 am
(PDF) Climate change disables coral bleaching protection on the Great Barrier... -
Posted on Tue Feb 23, 2016, 8:00 am
El Niño prolongs longest global coral bleaching event - EurekAlert! -
Posted on Sat Jan 16, 2016, 4:59 am
(PDF) Coral Reef Records of Past Climatic Change - researchgate.net -
Posted on Wed Jan 28, 2015, 8:00 am
Coral reefs are about to crash in a big way - Grist.org -
Posted on Mon May 20, 2013, 7:00 am
Avoiding Coral Reef Functional Collapse Requires Local and Global Action - Sc...