Understanding Climate Change & Invasive Species Impacts on Watersheds
Summary Where should management be focused to protect watersheds? Hawai‘i currently lacks management decision-support tools that integrate climate [...]
coral reefs
Synergistic Impacts of Ocean Acidification and Climate Change on Coral Reefs
Summary How do ocean acidification and light impact coral bleaching? This project develops models that predict changes in coral growth rates in [...]
Coral reef resilience to climate change in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
Summary Coral reefs are affected by diverse environmental factors, but individual reefs vary in their resilience, or capacity to recover from [...]
Predicting the Degradation of Coral Reefs Due to Climate Change
Summary Where and when will corals be affected by ocean changes? After careful analysis, this project has found that the world’s coral reefs are [...]
CASE STUDY: Pacific coral reef management in a changing climate
Two climate-related phenomena - rising ocean temperatures and changing ocean chemistry - in conjunction pose a serious threat to the long-term survival of coral reef ecosystems in the Pacific Islands region. Coral reef managers in American Sāmoa are testing tools and technologies that could reduce these stresses. [...]
