Tara Coral

A follow up of the Tara Pacific expedition, the Tara Coral expedition aim to understand the resistance and resilience of corals in the Coral Triangle under climate change. For 18 months, starting July 2026, the Tara schooner will visit 10 sites in the coral triangle, from Papua New Guinea to Malaysia. At each sites, the diversity and structure of the reef will be studied using state-of-the-art techniques such as eDNA and photogrammetry, from the microbes to the macroorganisms. Corals from three species, Pocillopora, Porites and Millepora are sampled and their resistance to heat stress is tested using the CBASS approaches. The most and least resistant specimens will then be studied in depth using multi-omics techniques.