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 addressed. This work was conducted by the Toonen-Bowen “ToBo” Lab, with partners at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa and the Ohio State University.

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