This World Ocean’s Day, Royal Caribbean Group is teaming up with two incredible organizations, Inter Miami Foundation and the University of Miami Rosentiel School’s coral restoration program, Rescue a Reef, to celebrate the oceans it sails. The partnership with Inter Miami CF will sponsor six months’ worth of coral restoration expeditions with Rescue a Reef.
Rescue a Reef, the citizen science program, provides meaningful, firsthand science and education opportunities for local South Florida communities. The collaboration efforts will result in over a thousand coral colonies planted by South Florida locals in reefs just miles from Miami’s shoreline.
Royal Caribbean Group and research divers from Rescue a Reef welcomed a special guest on a coral restoration expedition. Benjamin Cremaschi, Inter Miami’s midfielder and Miami native, joined Nick Rose, Vice President of ESG, Royal Caribbean Group, to dive into “Royal Caribbean Group Reef,” a new coral nursey site for research and restoration.
Through their collective efforts, the team laid the groundwork that will build up lively neighborhoods of coral colonies that provide shelter, food and nursery areas for numerous marine species.
The decades-long partnership between Royal Caribbean Group and the University of Miami Rosentiel School of Marine, Atmospheric and Earth Science has driven important research on the health of the oceans, including coral reefs. Through the Rescue a Reef program, Royal Caribbean Group is helping raise awareness on the importance of coral reefs to our ecosystems and allowing recreational scuba divers and snorkelers to participate in planting corals.
To get everyone involved, including guests, Royal Caribbean Group is continuing the celebrations for our oceans onboard by making oceanographic studies fun! The Group launched a video series in partnership with OceanScope, a University of Miami Rosentiel School program that equips the Group’s fleets with instruments that provide scientists with critical information to help study the oceans. The videos will be available for guests on Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises’ mobile apps and on Silversea’s stateroom TVs, introducing guests to ocean topics, like what an oceanographer is, understanding currents, the impact of warmer oceans and how OceanScope has helped advance ocean data collection and research.
Royal Caribbean Group’s ships across the world will feature activities in celebration of World Ocean’s Day, like walks onboard to support endangered sea turtles and youth programs, highlighting the importance of healthy oceans to the planet and future generations.
Royal Caribbean Group’s mission to deliver the best vacation responsibly goes beyond World Oceans Day, with the company championing a broader commitment to SEA the Future by sustaining the planet, energizing communities, and accelerating innovation. To learn more about Royal Caribbean Group’s sustainability efforts, please visit www.royalcaribbeangroup.com/sustainability
