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BUILDING AN OUTSTANDING The Mote research facilities in the
Florida Keys are approximately 50

CAPITAL RESOURCE FOR SCIENCE years old and must be replaced
with a planned state-of-the-art and

Mote Marine Laboratory has a critical need to expand the environmentally sustainable LEED-
infrastructure and operations of its Tropical Research certified research and education
Laboratory campus in the Florida Keys. This hotbed of marine facility. The new facility will more
than double research and education
ARCscHieInTcEeC, eTduScation and conservation is addressing some of the space and include:

mostAAp26r0e00s9s23ing ocean challenges of our day — particularly the

global threats facing coral reefs — while also hosting scientists • Advanced technology

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Coral reefs, which support up to 40 percent of marineSUlMiMfEeRLAND KEY, FL 33042 305/745-2729 • Ocean acidification research5 1 3 C E N T R A L A V E N U E
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ons Ep aarcthe an-dn pereovdisde $p6r.3obgilrliaomn to Florida’s economy, are 941/917-0883 SARASOTA, FL 34240 941/366-3116
support infrastructure;

threateNnUMeBdERworldSIwZE ieda e by oTOcTeALan acidification and temperature • Environmental control rooms;

increases, pollution, disease and more. In 2014 alone, 20 coral • New seawater systems;

ge species2 were new1l2y90 dsfecla2r,5e8d0 sf“threatened” by the federal • Mesocosm experimental tanks
rge govern12menHt —A LiLn74c67A00lussRff dCinHg1If,T45i72v0E0essCff sTpeSc, iePsAfound in the Florida Keys. and instrumentation to support
all 1 s e l e c2t6e0 sdf w o r2k60ssf diverse fields of marine science
studies;
For the21se reasons4244,55tsshff e dem2849a05nssffd for Mote’s work has never been
g greater1. Our scie5n4t0issf ts lead540gsrf oundbreaking studies of ocean

l acidification, and coral di6s,5e05assf es, and they have developed • Much needed dormitories,
innovative methods to restore our coral reefs in our lifetime. offices, classrooms, meeting

With the pivotal challenges facing coral and the global interest in rooms and full communication

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Investi2ng now is5a30psfositiv10e60ssftep toward a healthier ocean. However, as a nonprofit marine laboratory,

Mote can only realize ou6r,14v5 isfsion fully with support from our communities.

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