Super Reefs: From Theory to Practice

From 2023-2025, in response to the fourth global bleaching event and the urgent need to identify, protect, and restore climate-resilient coral reefs, The Nature Conservancy (TNC), Stanford University, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution led a global effort, called Super Reefs (https://www.nature.org/en-us/what-we-do/our-insights/perspectives/super-reefs-heat-resilient-corals/) , to identify and protect a network of climate resilient reefs. On this episode, Tiara Stark, Maui Marine Project Manager with TNC in Hawai’i, talks with us about her experience as a Super Reefs project manager. From connecting big science ideas with local communities to learning new skills, Tiara gives us her manager’s-eye-view on implementing a complex research-driven project without losing track of the needs and priorities of the local community and the reef itself.