Dr. Christopher Jury, a postdoctoral researcher at HIMB and lead researcher for this study, noted “I discovered how unique the situation is in Kāne‘ohe Bay during my PhD research at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. We knew that the temperature and chemistry conditions in Kāne‘ohe Bay are very similar to the conditions that people predict will kill corals off globally, yet, the reefs in the bay are thriving, making the area incredibly valuable as a possible window into the future.”