Coral reefs are at the brink of ecological collapse. The primary driver of reef degradation is coral bleaching, the breakdown of the symbiosis of the coral host and its endosymbiotic algae driven by ocean warming. This is now happening almost annually at a global scale, hastening the need to develop strategies that mitigate the devastating effects of climate change on coral reefs. The speaker will outline the current trajectory and what we as humankind can do to counter the alarming trend of biodiversity loss.

Date: 14.3.2026 (Saturday)

Time: 2:30pm – 4:00pm

Jointly organised by the Hong Kong Science Museum, the New Asia College and the School of Life Sciences, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

* Please note the lecture will be conducted in the Hong Kong Space Museum Lecture Hall