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Waiʻōpae Destroyed By Lava
09-02-16
The Guardian recently covered the Kīlauea eruption and the destruction of Kapoho Bay.
Computers on the Reef
09-02-16
Software tools that digitize and annotate underwater images are transforming marine ecology.
Widespread coral bleaching event to hit U.S. hard for third straight year
07-09-16
Sea temperatures will remain higher-than-normal for an “unprecedented” third consecutive year.
New Discoveries in Hawaiian Archipelago
07-08-16
Researchers discover 3 new species of fish and document algal blooms in NWHI.
Behind the Scenes: Breeding super coral
02-19-16
A team of scientists are using assisted evolution to grow coral that can withstand climate change.
Creating corals that can survive climate change
02-18-16
Scientists may be coming up with a way to protect the fragile reefs for the warmer world of the future
Finalists for Ocean 180 Video Challenge
02-18-16
John Burns & Cliff Kapono have been selected as finalists for the 2016 Ocean 180 Video Challenge.
Corals worldwide hit by bleaching
10-21-15
From Hawaiʻi to Papua New Guinea to the Maldives, coral reefs are bleaching — in so many regions that the US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) officially declared a global bleaching event on 8 October.
Waving, Not Drowning
10-14-15
A new study finds that coral reefs in the Western Pacific are growing fast enough to beat sea-level rise.
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