A startling new study shows that the waters surrounding Hawai‘i are heading toward levels of ocean acidification not seen in ...

Hawaiian coral reefs may face unprecedented ocean acidification within 30 years, driven by carbon emissions. A new study by University of Hawai‘i researchers shows that even under conservative climate ...

A new study, led by oceanographers at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, revealed that unprecedented levels of ocean ...

Creating a way for tourists and casual oceangoers to flag diseased coral is underway as white syndrome threatens reefs around ...

In 2023, the Center for Biological Diversity sued the National Marine Fisheries Service for failing to provide critical ...

Feb. 20—Hawaii's coral reefs during hurricane season are now better insured. Hawaii's coral reefs during hurricane season are now better insured. The Nature Conservancy recently announced its ...

A new effort is now underway to open the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands to commercial fishing, led by the Western Pacific Fishery ...

"We know our reefs are under a lot of stress as it is," Jill Wirt, project manager for MNMRC, told USA TODAY. A 2015 bleaching event wiped out half of Hawaii's coral reefs , and most were off of ...

Hawaii’s reefs protect populated shorelines from massive ocean swells and storm surges from tropical storms — a benefit the U.S. Geological Survey valued at more than $860 million a year.

There was a time in which Hawaii’s geographical latitude placed its coral reefs outside the zone of the type of climate-change-induced reef degradation happening in other parts of the world.

Healthy Hawaiian coral reefs teem with life. Image courtesy of Andre Seale. Third, the researchers noted that earlier predictions often focused on just one factor, like warming or acidification ...