The Planetary Coral Reef Foundation (PCRF) was founded in 1991
to address the coral reef crisis. Since its inception, PCRF has pursued an unprecedented
global mission to preserve coral reefs through innovative programs in science, technology
and education.
PCRF’s research vessel, the RV Heraclitus, is
now completing year eight of an ongoing expedition to map and monitor the world’s
coral reefs. To date, the RV Heraclitus is the
only ship continually at sea studying coral reefs on a planetary basis.
To create the first-ever baseline map of living coral reefs, PCRF is pioneering a Coral
Reef Satellite Mission in cooperation with scientists at College of Charleston, MIT,
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Stevens Institute of Technology and USC. This will be the first
satellite mission dedicated to the stewardship of Planet Earth.
