Hawaii's New Decade of Building Coral Reef Ecosystem Resilience
The Hawaii Coral Reef Strategy 2030 emphasizes the inclusion of communities in coral restoration and conservation, and the need to work mauka to makai, from ridge to reef (or literally, toward the mountains and toward the sea), to promote reef resilience.
Hawaii's coral reefs are in peril. What researchers are doing to ...
Jul 21, 2023 · The most popular coral reefs on the Hawaiian islands are likely being degraded by the very visitors they attract, a study published in Nature Sustainability in January found. The degradation ...
Restoring Reefs to Build Resilience | The Nature Conservancy
May 23, 2024 · Coral reefs are vital to Hawai‘i’s people, culture, lifestyle and economy, but they are at risk. Learn how TNC is working to restore and repair them.
Half Of All Coral Reefs Are Dead. A Maui ‘Super Reef’ Offers Hope
Oct 31, 2024 · The University of Hawaii found in a 2022 study that almost all of the world’s coral reefs will face “unsuitable conditions” by 2055, likely leading to major die-offs.
ʻĀkoʻakoʻa: Championing Coral Reef Restoration in Hawaiʻi
Join Akoakoa in revitalizing Hawaiʻi's coral reefs. Explore our approach to cultural leadership, science, and community stewardship in reef conservation.
Coral Reefs - Department of Land and Natural Resources
State of Hawaii Coral Reef Program. Healthy coral reefs are some of the most biologically diverse and economically valuable ecosystems on earth, providing food, jobs, recreational opportunities, coastal protection and other important services to billions of people world-wide.
Hawaiian deep coral reefs home to unique species and extensive coral ...
Oct 4, 2016 · NOAA-supported scientists working in the Hawaiian Archipelago are calling some of the deep coral reefs found in the region’s so-called oceanic “twilight zone” the most extensive on record, with several large areas of 100 percent coral cover.
Hawaiian Islands - Coral Reef Alliance
Hawaiʻi is a crucial site for global coral reef conservation. Its islands are home to one of the highest concentrations of endemic marine species anywhere on Earth and 85% of the United States’ coral reefs.
The Return of the 'Blob': Hawaii's Reefs ... - The New York Times
Oct 21, 2019 · Parts of the Pacific Ocean are simmering, threatening coral reefs and livelihoods around Hawaii, and causing many to worry of worse to come.
Breakthrough Study Shows Coral Reefs will Transform but can …
Nov 1, 2024 · By Maria Frostic. KANEOHE, HI (NOV 1, 2024)- In a breakthrough study published this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers at Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) have shown that, contrary to most projections, coral reefs are not inevitably doomed, but have the potential to persist and adapt over time, if carbon emissions are curbed and local stressors are ...
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