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A study of more than 200 square kilometres of reefs in the Hawaiian islands found that those further from pollution and coastal developments held up better after a 2019 marine heatwave
As the world’s ocean temperatures rise, the number of cases of coral bleaching also increases. Corals become more susceptible to other stressors, such as water pollution, when they bleach.
Scientists from Arizona State University have released aerial maps that show the effects a marine heatwave in Hawaii in 2019 had on coral.
Nearly half of these ocean ecosystems have been wiped out since 1950. One man is on a mission to reverse that—by speed-growing coral in hyperefficient nurseries.
Researchers surveyed 29 warships at Bikini Atoll and Chuuk Lagoon and found that they hosted up to a third of coral genera found on natural reefs in neighboring regions.This study has led researchers to ask a controversial question: Can these kinds of shipwrecks act as biodiversity havens for corals?