Map the giants: Press & News

📢 NEW MONUMENTAL CORAL   A giant colony of  𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘴, 30 meters in circumference, 8 meters wide and 5 meters high has been reported from Noonu Atoll, Maldives. Sitting at a depth of 11m, it was found on the 17th of March 2024. This monumental coral is fully alive and...

  Map the Giants spreads its network to the south of the Maldives. We are happy to announce that support for the project has now been granted also by MUI (Maldives Underwater Initiative) the marine conservation initiative by Six Senses Laamu. This collaboration expands the research to a new...

Whilst exploring Faafu Atoll, the MaRHE Center team landed on an uninhabited island and came across this huge Heliopora coerulea. Athough Blue Coral are actually Octocorals, they are nonetheless reef-building organisms, largely contributing to the foundation of this ecosystem. Measuring 9m in length is separated by less than a...

As part of the collaboration between the University of Milano-Bicocca and Coco Collection, Map the Giants team visited Coco Palm Dhuni Kolhu 🏝 🪸 During the visit, Map the Giants was officially presented to the resort, since Coco Collection has been supporting the project from its launch earlier this...

The search for Giant Corals holds significant promise in understanding the impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems. Resort and private entities play a crucial role in supporting this research, as their resources and infrastructure can facilitate scientific exploration and data collection in remote or vulnerable coral reef habitats....

“Map the Giants” website is now live. Discover more about the project, coral reefs, and make your contribution! Map the Giant is a combination of science and citizen science. With the help of anyone willing to participate, scientists from various fields will gather information on some of the most...

“Map the Giants” has just been launched, a new project led by the MaRHE Center team at the University of Milano-Bicocca in Italy. The project’s objective is to explore, research, and safeguard the largest coral colonies in the Maldives. These colonies are likely centuries-old and could hold the key...