Thomas J. Goreau (Tom Goreau, * 1950 in

Jamaica Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...

) is a

biogeochemist Biogeochemistry is the Branches of science, scientific discipline that involves the study of the chemistry, chemical, physics, physical, geology, geological, and biology, biological processes and reactions that govern the composition of the natur ...

and

marine biologist Marine biology is the scientific study of the biology of marine life, organisms in the sea. Given that in biology many scientific classification, phyla, family (biology), families and genera have some species that live in the sea and others th ...

. He is the son of two other renowned marine biologists, Thomas F. Goreau and Nora I. Goreau. After studying in Jamaican primary and secondary schools, he received an undergraduate degree in planetary physics from the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

(BS, 1970). He went on to earn a Master of Science in planetary astronomy from the

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(1972) and a Ph.D. in biogeochemistry from

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(1981). With his parents, he researched the

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s of Jamaica and continues to conduct research on the impacts of global climate change, pollution, and new diseases in reefs across the Caribbean, Indian Ocean, and Pacific. His current work focuses on coral reef restoration, fisheries restoration, shoreline protection, renewable energy, community-based coral reef management, mariculture, soil metabolism,

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, and stabilization of global carbon dioxide. He was formerly Senior Scientific Affairs Officer at the United Nations Centre for Science and Technology for Development. He is currently President of the Global Coral Reef Alliance and Director of Remineralize The Earth.

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* https://web.archive.org/web/20120318112219/http://oneworldgroup.org/2010/02/03/coral-reef-expert-thomas-goreau-talked-to-oneclimate-at-cop15-in-copenhagen/ Interview filmed at COP15 in Copenhagen by OneClimate * https://web.archive.org/web/20040818211124/http://www2.abc.net.au/science/coral/goreau.htm * https://web.archive.org/web/20041009192616/http://globalcoral.org/Goreau%20Bio.htm * https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/projects/marine-fellows/fellows-directory/1994/thomas-goreau {{DEFAULTSORT:Goreau, Thomas J. American marine biologists California Institute of Technology alumni Jamaican people of German descent Harvard University alumni Living people Biogeochemists Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Jamaican people of Panamanian descent

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