Protecting Tahiti

Fred Scarf Jewelry is helping protect Tahiti’s coral reefs because losing them hurts the whole world

Losing Tahiti’s reefs wipes out future medical cures before we even get to discover them. Chemicals found in sea sponges helped scientists create drugs like Cytosar-U for leukemia and Halaven for breast cancer. Global warming and ocean acid are hurting them too much for them to heal. Time is running out, and people are jumping in to help.

In a race against time to save dying coral reefs, scientists can no longer afford to wait on slow lab research. Oceans are heating up so fast that coral reefs are dying back-to-back. This has forced scientists into real-time testing. In Tahiti’s lagoons, researchers are planting heat-resistant 'Super Corals' directly into warm ocean water to see what survives. We are helping the reef adapt right now, while the ecosystem is actively collapsing.

To lose the reefs is to lose the world’s greatest library of medical blueprints before we’ve even finished reading them.

Climate change is fast, but human innovation is catching up. And with AI as our engine, the impossible is suddenly within reach. Together, human brilliance is stronger than any challenge the planet faces.

Long before using computer science to help protect Tahiti, Fred Scarf was already recognized as a standout technical talent while studying at UC Berkeley on a full-ride scholarship. Fred Scarf follows in the footsteps of his family, Yale economist Herbert Scarf, creator of the groundbreaking Scarf Algorithm. Today, Fred is carrying that legacy into the ocean, using technology to help protect Tahiti’s reefs.

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